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Jenni Barclay
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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

Environmental science 28%
Geology 25%
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Stormrider @kwh.bsky.social · 1d
Kīlauea is erupting! 🌋 Here’s a link to one of the three @USGS live cams - enjoy! www.youtube.com/live/tk0tfYD...

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David Pyle @davidmpyle.bsky.social · 2d
Fascinating and timely work on the intrusion that preceded the #HayliGubbi eruption - this will turn out to be a very valuable example for volcanologists!
alarosa.bsky.social Alessandro La Rosa @alarosa.bsky.social · 2d
The #HayliGubbi eruption came after a period of unrest that started in June-July 2025 with a large dike intrusion in the southern sector of the Erta Ale rift. Our InSAR study will be out soon but you can have a summary at the link below. @earth-science.bsky.social #geoscience
sorcerinsar.bsky.social sorcerinsar.bsky.social @sorcerinsar.bsky.social · 2d
Basaltic dike in Erta Ale triggers explosive eruption in Hayli Gubbi. Read our new paper!
www.frontiersin.org/journals/ear...

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derekkeir.bsky.social @derekkeir.bsky.social · 2d
The Hayli Gubbi tephra has been sampled. These are photos from my sampling expedition on 24 Nov with the University of Semera from around 10 km north of Hayli Gubbi @sorcerinsar.bsky.social @alarosa.bsky.social

Reposted by Peter Thorne, Jenni Barclay, Christina Pagel

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Antonio Vecoli (@tonyveco on X) @tonyveco.bsky.social · 2d
🔴⚠️🌋🇪🇹After more than 10000 years,the 1st historical #eruption of #HayliGubbi #volcano has occurred in E. #Ethiopia, producing an eruptive column that reached more than 18km of height on Nov.23.⬇️Meteosat12 animation of RGB Ash product of the huge gas & ash plume moving eastward.

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Dr. Erik Klemetti Gonzalez @erikklemetti.bsky.social · 3d
Here's the GVP page of Hayli Gubbi in Ethiopia: volcano.si.edu/volcano.cfm?.... Plume from the eruption can be seen in this Aqua/MODIS image cross the Red Sea to the Arabian Peninsula. #eruption #volcano
Volcanic ash plume from Hayli Gubbi in Ethiopia, November 23, 2025. Credit: NASA/Aqua

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Jenni Barclay @volcanojenni.bsky.social · 6d
Thanks for sharing this. I missed it at the time, and it’s super interesting.

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Brandon Bishop @brandontbishop.bsky.social · 6d
A very interesting seismology and philosophy of science paper on natural hazard, with seismology side done by @rlacassin.bsky.social
The crisis of a paradigm. A methodological interpretation of Tohoku and Fukushima catastrophe
The 2011 Japanese disaster often presented as a ‘new Chernobyl’ accumulated the effects of earthquake, tsunami and of the subsequent nuclear accident …
www.sciencedirect.com

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Jenni Barclay @volcanojenni.bsky.social · 7d
Oh this is a good one! Thanks @flipuk.bsky.social ! 🌋🪨🦖💦

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Rebekah Higgitt @rhiggitt.bsky.social · 7d
Very good work from Scottish Ballet here (from their Facebook account)
Photo of McTominay's balletic overhead kick from Scotland's match against Denmark Photograph of a male dancer, with a leg outstretched, body leaning back, with a football photoshopped in (he is performing as Lord Darnley in Scottish Ballet's recent production of Mary Queen of Scots).

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Philippa Demonte @flipuk.bsky.social · 7d
For all my #geoscience and #geography buddies, this episode of BBC Sounds Alternative Sounds of the 90s with Dermot O'Leary is for you 🌍 ⚒️🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Alternative Sounds of the 90s with Dermot O'Leary - Rocks, Waterfalls and Oceans - BBC Sounds
Dermot gives you a geography lesson with the help of Cypress Hill, Cast & Jamiroquai.
www.bbc.co.uk

Reposted by Jenni Barclay

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Prof Col Macpherson @colinmacpherson.bsky.social · 8d
Understanding of Earth Sciences is fundamental to society's sustainability and development. Please support the department at the University of Leicester which is under threat. ⚒️🧪
c.org/jzkHKh9byy
Sign the Petition
Save Geology at the University of Leicester
c.org

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Jenni Barclay @volcanojenni.bsky.social · 8d
I was in the front room of ‘the British ghetto’ in Berkeley with football-loving pals from around the world having a breakfast watch! #scenes ! It was covered best on Mexican tv with the magnificent gooooooooo… ooooaaall needed for that equaliser!
colinmacpherson.bsky.social Prof Col Macpherson @colinmacpherson.bsky.social · 8d
I watched the Brazil '98 match in The Shakespeare Pub in San Diego, which had opened especially to attract "the Scottish crowd". Kick off was about 8am PST and my mate Stuart (who was visiting) and I wore our kilts. Just us and the barman were there. Still bedlam when John Collins's scored!
duncanlamont2.bsky.social Duncan Lamont @duncanlamont2.bsky.social · 8d
The last time Scotland was at a World Cup I watched the opening match against Brazil in my mum’s living room with my mates and a crate of Tennents

Scotland scored to make it 1-1

Everyone ran into the street screaming, neighbours hugging each other

Can still remember that feeling. Here. We. Go.

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Prof Col Macpherson @colinmacpherson.bsky.social · 8d
I watched the Brazil '98 match in The Shakespeare Pub in San Diego, which had opened especially to attract "the Scottish crowd". Kick off was about 8am PST and my mate Stuart (who was visiting) and I wore our kilts. Just us and the barman were there. Still bedlam when John Collins's scored!
duncanlamont2.bsky.social Duncan Lamont @duncanlamont2.bsky.social · 8d
The last time Scotland was at a World Cup I watched the opening match against Brazil in my mum’s living room with my mates and a crate of Tennents

Scotland scored to make it 1-1

Everyone ran into the street screaming, neighbours hugging each other

Can still remember that feeling. Here. We. Go.

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Jenni Barclay @volcanojenni.bsky.social · 16d
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
If you care about the BBC, stand up and defend it: this could be the beginning of the end | Polly Toynbee
Replacing the TV licence with a means-tested alternative may help disarm the right of one of its most effective weapons, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee
www.theguardian.com

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Celeste Labedz @celestelabedz.bsky.social · 18d
Fellow seismologists, we're going to get a lot of mileage out of the latest @xkcd.com
xckd coming of a flowchart. The top reads "someone is claiming to predict the exact date of a future earthquake. Should you listen?" A diamond-shape says "start" and one arrow leads to a box reading "NO" in very large letters, followed by "(there are big earthquakes constantly, so if anyone ever DOES figure this out, it will be immediately obvious that their method works and then the world's seismologists will not shut up about it. You won't need this flowchart."

Reposted by Michael E. Mann, Jenni Barclay

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Dan Falk @danfalk.bsky.social · 22d
Science is facing *a lot* of obstacles these days. The final episode of BBC's Science in Action looks at where things are heading, with @michaelemann.bsky.social @naomioreskes.bsky.social & @angierasmussen.bsky.social @drdebhoury.bsky.social : www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w... #science #antiscience
BBC World Service - Science In Action, How science got here, and where next
As anti-science leaves research reeling, does evidence-based policy have a future?
www.bbc.co.uk

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Jenni Barclay @volcanojenni.bsky.social · 24d
Used to take kids on trips their when during summer camps at home! Fond mineral memories!

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Jenni Barclay @volcanojenni.bsky.social · 26d
Last few tickets remaining for London (Nov 15th)
www.beinghumanfestival.org/events/missi...
And also Birmingham (9th Nov)
www.beinghumanfestival.org/events/missi...

Missives: A crisis unravelling in letter

1 hour staged-reading re-imagines and responds to archive records (dramatised by )
A grainy image of Frank Perret at Montserrat fumaroles with an instrument, the Union Jack flag and Montserrat as red.

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Andrea Thompson @andreatweather.bsky.social · 27d
A fascinating new piece for @sciam.bsky.social by @squigglyvolcano.bsky.social about Hurricane Melissa being picked up by seismographs. Because the seismic record began long before the satellite era, we may be able to use older seismograms to learn more about past storms. 🧪
Hurricane Melissa Literally Made the Earth Shake Hundreds of Miles Away
Seismometers picked up the ferocious winds and waves of Hurricane Melissa, showing how the tools can be used to better understand storms today and those from the past
www.scientificamerican.com

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Ruth Mottram @ruthmottram.bsky.social · 28d
All of this. @timharford.ft.com spot on.

And he doesn't even mention the tracking and funnelling of our data to #BigTech

Our devices work for Big Tech, not us - giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... via @FT
https://giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/actions/redeem/70ba11e1-d4d7-4df6-83bb-f0a5433b1ee2
giftarticle.ft.com

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Jeff Berardelli @weatherprof.bsky.social · Oct 28
***ALL-TIME RECORD***
#Melissa is now the Strongest landfall ever on record in the Atlantic (and it seems to be getting stronger!)
892mb, winds 185 mph. (Tied with the FL Keys Labor Day Hurricane of 1935 in wind and pressure)
#jamaica
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Jenni Barclay @volcanojenni.bsky.social · Oct 27
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
Hurricane Melissa strengthens to category 4 as evacuations ordered in Jamaica’s capital
Storm could intensify further, threatening to cause catastrophic flooding in northern Caribbean
www.theguardian.com

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Hana Ayoob @hanaayoob.co.uk · Oct 20
ScienceWrite 2026 is open for applications! 🧪

Our programme for minoritised/marginalised science writers based in the UK is running again!

Have an idea for a book, article or other writing project for a lay audience? This is for you!

Apply & find out more at sciencewrite.co.uk
A handdrawn laptop with 'Apply for sciencewrite' on the screen and 'Deadline 10am 17th November 2025, sciencewrite.co.uk' underneath

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Zoja Vukmanovic @3oja.bsky.social · Oct 16
I would like to advertise a PhD project on Magma emplacement and its evolution: aries-dtp.ac.uk/studentships... for those who have an interest in petrology, rock microstructure, and fieldwork.
Supervising team: Dr William McCarty, Prof Marian Holness, Dr Eduardo Mansur, Dr Gareth Fabbro and me.
Magma emplacement and its evolution: deciphering between magmatic and tectonic processes | Aries
Dr Zoja Vukmanovic, School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia Dr Gareth Fabbro, School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia Dr Will McCarthy, University of St Andrews...
aries-dtp.ac.uk

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Jenni Barclay @volcanojenni.bsky.social · Oct 11
Really disappointed to hear about the Loss of Science in Action from the World Service. As Judith says ‘the world needs more accessible conversations about science, not less.
judithgeology.bsky.social Dr. Judith Hubbard @judithgeology.bsky.social · Oct 11
This makes me so sad! My favorite media interviews were with Science in Action - somehow the conversation just flowed, and I got unexpected compliments from distant friends and colleagues who happened to tune in. The world needs more in-depth, accessible coverage of science, not less.
peaseroland.bsky.social Roland Pease @peaseroland.bsky.social · Oct 11
Science in Action on the BBC World Service celebrated its 50th birthday in 2014, but sadly won't be around to celebrate its 61st next month.
#BudgetCuts

Let's hope Quirks & Quarks reaches a healthy old age.🎉🍾🎉

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Dr. Judith Hubbard @judithgeology.bsky.social · Oct 11
This makes me so sad! My favorite media interviews were with Science in Action - somehow the conversation just flowed, and I got unexpected compliments from distant friends and colleagues who happened to tune in. The world needs more in-depth, accessible coverage of science, not less.
peaseroland.bsky.social Roland Pease @peaseroland.bsky.social · Oct 11
Science in Action on the BBC World Service celebrated its 50th birthday in 2014, but sadly won't be around to celebrate its 61st next month.
#BudgetCuts

Let's hope Quirks & Quarks reaches a healthy old age.🎉🍾🎉
denis-gilbert.ca Denis Gilbert 🌎 @denis-gilbert.ca · Oct 10
CBC Radio's science show 'Quirks & Quarks' celebrated its 50-year anniversary in a fun episode that invited experts to discuss the last 50 years of research in cosmology, genetics, climate, computers, agriculture and speculate on the next 50 years! 🧪

www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...

#SciComm #Science

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British Geological Survey @bgs.ac.uk · Oct 8
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 · Oct 7
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.

Reposted by Gavin L. Foster, Jenni Barclay

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Scripps Institution of Oceanography @scrippsocean.bsky.social · Oct 6
🪐 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.