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Jenni Barclay

@volcanojenni.bsky.social

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AXA Professor of Volcanology at University of Bristol. All round volcano enthusiast. Interest in reducing disaster risk and sharing knowledge. Curious. Scottish.

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Professor Jenni Barclay is the AXA Chair in Volcanology at the University of Bristol. She works on ways to mitigate volcanic risks, the interactions between rainfall and volcanic activity and the communication of volcanic hazards in the Caribbean. Barclay leads the NERC-ESRC funded Strengthening Resilience to Volcanic Hazards (STREVA) research project as well as a Leverhulme Trust programme looking at the volcanic history of the Ascension Islands. .. more

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British Geological Survey @bgs.ac.uk · 1d

Calling students from 14 - 19!

BGS & @bas.ac.uk are offering a 2 week virtual work experience event from 27 to 31 October.

We hope this will introduce students to the wonders of Earth sciences & the fascinating & varied careers available.

Apply:
sites.google.com/view/ctcport...

A graphic which says 'virtual program (Zoom) 27 - 31 October 2025), CTC x BAS BGS 2025, autumn virtual work experience week. Open to UK residents ages 14 - 19 (whether in school, college or not currently studying). Three logos are bottom right and to the left is a picture of safety goggles in a lab setting

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Jenni Barclay @volcanojenni.bsky.social · 2d

We’re advertising a PhD studentship for folks with good knowledge of Caribbean culture and society, with background in geography, human geography, humanities or interdisciplinary geosciences as part of our @leverhulme.ac.uk funded ‘volcanic histories’ project

Summary of what the PhD student will do. QR code in bottom LHS. Project part of our Leverhulme Trust funded project volcanic histories and the student will examine the cultural markers and response to to volcanic activity across the Eastern Caribbean. Understand local ways of knowing and remembering volcanic activity. Integrate scientific. And community knowledge for DRR - joining an interdisciplinary team from several universities.

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Scripps Institution of Oceanography @scrippsocean.bsky.social · 3d

🪐 On this Day of Action to Save #NASA Science, we’re highlighting how space and Earth sciences go hand-in-hand. Scripps Oceanography researchers partner with NASA to study how our planet is changing from sea to space. Here’s an out-of-this-world roundup of some recent projects. 🧵⬇️

A color image of Earth taken by NASA’s Earth Polychromatic Imaging Camera (EPIC), a four megapixel CCD camera and telescope.

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Jenni Barclay @volcanojenni.bsky.social · 8d

Just registered up for @vmsg.bsky.social ‘s Annual meeting at NOC in Southampton 🌋🌋🌋 January 5th-7th 2026 . Check it out! Anyone else coming ?

noc-events.co.uk/VMSG-volcani...

Volcanic and Magmatic Studies Group | NOC Events

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Jamie Farquharson @farquharson.bsky.social · 9d

Once upon a time, the platform formerly known as Twitter was a vibrant meeting-place where scientists, the public, official orgs and more besides could exchange knowledge. I set out to find out how effective it could be for disseminating geoscience info

Skip to the paper ☛ doi.org/10.1038/s432...

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Isobel Yeo @isobelyeo.bsky.social · 9d

Great to see @mikeaclare.bsky.social @noc.ac.uk quoted in this piece in the Guardian today www.theguardian.com/news/2025/se... about the Hunga Volcano eruption and the subsequent telecommunications outage in 2022.

Extremely offline: what happened when a Pacific island was cut off from the internet | Samanth Subramanian

A colossal volcanic eruption in January 2022 ripped apart the underwater cables that connect Tonga to the world – and exposed the fragility of 21st-century life

www.theguardian.com

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Jenni Barclay @volcanojenni.bsky.social · 13d

Missives is also being performed in Birmingham. www.beinghumanfestival.org/events/missi...

Funded by @beinghumanfest.bsky.social and #AHRC Featuring @davidmpyle.bsky.social & @3sresearchgroup.bsky.social and a mystery guest volcanologist at each venue!

Missives - Birmingham

A crisis unravelling in letters. Many enquiries have tried to ‘learn lessons’ from crises provoked by natural hazards. Often, disaster is rooted in the misfiring communication and stalled decision-mak...

www.beinghumanfestival.org

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Jenni Barclay @volcanojenni.bsky.social · 13d

www.beinghumanfestival.org/events/missi...
Volcanic crises! Archives! The ‘real story’ between the lines.

We’re performing a ‘staged reading’ and exploring two crises on #montserrat - with two wonderful playwrights as part of #beinghumanfestival. Come see us in London and also 1/2

Missives - London

www.beinghumanfestival.org

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Jenni Barclay @volcanojenni.bsky.social · 13d

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Jenni Barclay @volcanojenni.bsky.social · 13d

You could try @polarrobs.bsky.social ! He was chatting ice bits in my feed this morning!

Jenni Barclay @volcanojenni.bsky.social · 13d

You could try @polarrobs.bsky.social ! He was chatting ice bits in my feed this morning!

Jenni Barclay @volcanojenni.bsky.social · 14d

2/2 www.beinghumanfestival.org/events/missi... London.

Each venue features a mystery 🫆 guest volcanologist 🌋joining the Missives team to share the stage! So much to like!

Missives - London

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Jenni Barclay @volcanojenni.bsky.social · 14d

www.beinghumanfestival.org/events/missi...

Often, disaster is rooted in the misfiring communication and stalled decision-making when volcanoes 🌋 threaten to erupt.
Our staged reading cracks open the closed pages of the archives to find those roots.

We are in Birmingham (9th November) and… 1/2

Missives - Birmingham

www.beinghumanfestival.org

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Jimmy Kimmel @jimmykimmel.com · 15d

As I was saying…

Jimmy Kimmel is Back!

YouTube video by Jimmy Kimmel Live

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The Rivers Trust @theriverstrust.bsky.social · 20d

🎉 Big River Watch starts today!

After a summer of challenging weather, it's time to check in on our rivers.

📱Download the Big River Watch app
⏱️Spend just 15 minutes by the river
👀Share what you see in a survey

You've got until 25th of September to take part💙

theriverstrust.org/big-river-watch

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Tracy Bale @thebalelab.bsky.social · 21d

Fantastic piece in Nature Reviews Neuro by @nicolecrust.bsky.social on the importance of science communication. My take? Everything matters - just do something. It will make a difference for how science is valued and trusted, how community understands. Let's get out there and communicate! 👏

The unexpected value of communicating science to the public

Nature Reviews Neuroscience - As a group, our scientific community has a responsibility to unpack the ‘what’ and ‘why’ behind our work for the public, not least because much...

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Univ. Bristol Volcanology Group @bristolvolcanology.bsky.social · 22d

We are advertising for a 3-year "Senior Research Associate in Volcanic Petrology and Stratigraphy". Part of a Leverhulme-funded interdisciplinary research grant "Volcanic Histories", focused on research in the Eastern Caribbean.

Closing: October 15th
www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...

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Jenni Barclay @volcanojenni.bsky.social · 23d

Took my morning look at Bluesky and for no apparent reason (TM), the opening lyrics to Bohemian rhapsody start playing in my head.

For reference
Is this the real life, or is this just fantasy?
Caught in a landslide, no escape from reality. (I think!)

a black and white photo of a band with their mouths open

Alt: The original bohemian rhapsody video. Black and white headshots of the band wire singing.

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Henning @geohenning.bsky.social · 24d

Lately, photographer Ragnar Visage started sharing video footage of past Iceland eruptions and I feel like no one sees it. Check out this video and his channel. So mesmerizing! ⚒️🧪 #Geology 🌋

youtu.be/aSOdrS2R3jA?...

Eruption 8 february 2024

YouTube video by Ragnar Visage

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Aeon Magazine @aeon.co · 24d

The science of volcanoes and their relationship with the climate is hard to keep up with. Why do some volcanoes give us little warning before they blow? Are we ignoring the next big eruption?

Hidden volcanoes: are we ignoring the next big eruption? | Aeon Essays

The next global disaster may be triggered by a catastrophic eruption. How can we prepare for the fire beneath our feet?

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Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 29d

"My school saves thousands of pounds every year from those solar panels." The TUC directly takes on Reform, a party funded by the fossil fuel Industry. Posted on IG by tradesunioncongress

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Brian Ricketts @kiwigeolog.bsky.social · Sep 9

Just added ash, bomb, ballistic, glass and obsidian to the etymologies page. And I discovered that obsidian is actually a miss-spelling - the 'Latin is obsianus (lapis) - dark stone - it seems the d was added in error! 😁

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Jenni Barclay @volcanojenni.bsky.social · Sep 8

So @kiwigeolog.bsky.social you might be interested to know (as far as I understand it) the first person to be called a scientist was a woman! Mary Somerville spark.iop.org/somerville-f... !

Somerville the first scientist

Mary Somerville was a remarkable polymath who published research on a number of scientific topics as well as writing popular science books.

spark.iop.org

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Jenni Barclay @volcanojenni.bsky.social · Sep 8

A terrific effort! The origin of words can tell us a lot about why and how we use it!

For 🌋 it has crater, igneous 🪨, pyroclastic and of course volcano!

Brian Ricketts @kiwigeolog.bsky.social · Sep 8

A post I’ve been putting together for 2 years - the Etymology of Earth Sci Words. So far about 500 terms - the initial goal before clicking the ‘Publish’ tab

www.geological-digressions.com/etymology-of...

There are >1,000,000 words in the English language
So my 500 words is a paltry sample. ⚒️🧪🌊

Etymology of Earth science words and phrases

The origins of words, prefixes, suffixes, abbreviations, names, acronyms, and terms commonly used in Earth sciences.

www.geological-digressions.com

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Brian Ricketts @kiwigeolog.bsky.social · Sep 8

Etymology of Earth science words and phrases

The origins of words, prefixes, suffixes, abbreviations, names, acronyms, and terms commonly used in Earth sciences.

www.geological-digressions.com

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Dr Jazmin Scarlett @grumpyvolcano.bsky.social · Sep 4

If anyone is interested, the paper from my postdoc I left (coming up to 3 years now?!) got published: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Just FYI I've forgotten everything and so removed from academia now, so please direct any questions to @volcanojenni.bsky.social @davidmpyle.bsky.social

Science in a crisis: Assembling volcanic knowledge in twentieth century Montserrat

In the 1930s Montserrat, part of the British Leeward Islands colony, experienced a prolonged period of seismic unrest which many on the island interpr…

www.sciencedirect.com

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Jenni Barclay @volcanojenni.bsky.social · Sep 4

sites.google.com/view/thisisg...

Attended the @geolsoc.bsky.social launch of their new campaign, to raise awareness of the wonderful world of geosciences - aimed at 14-18 yr olds and those interested in engaging them. Lots of GREAT stuff here! Clickety-click!

ThisIsGeoscience

Welcome to the home of 'This is Geoscience'. Download the report and campaign pack, explore our teaching resources, or browse our Geoscience careers information. Find out more at the links below.

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Evans The Crime @evansthecrime.bsky.social · Sep 2

🎧 Fascinating @throughtimepod.bsky.social on guns in America - history, myth, politics and money. Insightful stuff - as usual - from @sarahchurchwell.bsky.social and @davidolusoga.bsky.social)
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...

The Gun Myth That Shaped A Nation (Ep 1)

Podcast Episode · Journey Through Time · 06/08/2025 · 41m

podcasts.apple.com

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Dr Anjana Khatwa @anjanakhatwa.bsky.social · Sep 1

Lets go behind the scenes and watch The Whispers of Rock being printed at Clay's Printers in Suffolk! Released on 4 September, order the book today
geni.us/WhispersofRock
#naturewriting #geology #geography #nonfiction #newrelease

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Met Office - weather and climate @metoffice.gov.uk · Aug 26

Provisional statistics from the Met Office show that summer 2025 will ‘almost certainly’ be the warmest summer on record for the UK.

It would move 2018 off the top spot and relegate 1976 out of the top five warmest summer in a series which dates back to 1884.
👉 www.metoffice.gov.uk/about-us/new...

Photograph of bright sun in a clear blue sky with clouds at the bottom. Text reads: 'Met Office NEWS RELEASE 26 August 2025 – This summer will ‘almost certainly’ be warmest on record for the UK.'

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Jenni Barclay @volcanojenni.bsky.social · Aug 26

This working week re-start I am very much here for the concept of a ‘Seismic Dance Party Experience’ 😊 #cantwait

AuScope @auscope.bsky.social · Aug 26

The festival brought together people from every walk of life, all sharing one thing: deep curiosity for science and the arts. 💡❤️ #BeakerStreet

We can’t wait to re-live the Seismic Dance Party experience online with you all soon—via sound + multimedia! Stay tuned. 🎧🌀 #NCRIS #AuScope #Community