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UK COMET @uk-comet.bsky.social · 1d

****Reminder to register to attend the InSAR Training Workshop - deadline Friday 10th October.****

It will be held both in-person and online at the University of Leeds from 11-13 November, 2025.

The registration link and more information are available at:
comet.nerc.ac.uk/comet-insar-...

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UK COMET @uk-comet.bsky.social · 22d

Next COMET webinar:

Magma finds a way: insights into dyke pathways and failure of magma-mush reservoirs

Wednesday 17th September 2025 at 4pm UK time (4pm BST / 5pm CEST / 8am PDT)

Dr Lorenzo Mantiloni (University of Exeter, UK)

Please register at: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/b9492e...

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UK COMET @uk-comet.bsky.social · Aug 7

COMET+ webinar

SAR-empowered diagnosis of acute and chronic natural hazards

Wednesday 20th August 2025 at 10am UK time (10 am BST /11 am CEST/ 5 pm China ST/ 7 pm AET)

Dr Xie Hu
Peking University, China

Please register at: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/2b3cb7...

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UK COMET @uk-comet.bsky.social · Jul 24

COMET is delighted to announce the registration of the InSAR Training Workshop 2025 is now open!

It will be held both in-person and online at the University of Leeds from 11-13 November, 2025.

Registration link:
comet.nerc.ac.uk/comet-insar-...

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UK COMET @uk-comet.bsky.social · Jun 27

The sun sets over Vienna on the last day of #lps25 - a more relaxed day ending earlier than usual (and a bit less hot outside). Lots of cool science presented here over the last few days, with various new insights for my own research. See you at the next edition 3 years from now! ;)

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UK COMET @uk-comet.bsky.social · Jun 27

Sadly, it's the final day of @esa.int #LPS25 in Vienna. There are are still lots of interesting sessions to attend, including talks by @julietbiggs.bsky.social and Luke Bateson (@bgs.ac.uk) on using AI for monitoring natural hazards, @ednadualeh.bsky.social and Camilla Medici. Full schedule below:

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UK COMET @uk-comet.bsky.social · Jun 26

Day 4 of @esa.int Living Planet Symposium 2025 #LPS25

Join us at the poster session later today to learn about preparations for the upcoming Harmony mission with @julietbiggs.bsky.social @bristolvolcanology.bsky.social and deep learning methods for interseismic observations with Kun Jiang.

UK COMET @uk-comet.bsky.social · Jun 26

Day 3 at #lps25 wrapped up! Lots of COMET talks and posters to see…. and a little COMET group photo of those we could gather during the focaccia break. On to day 4 now!

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UK COMET @uk-comet.bsky.social · Jun 25

Day 3 of @esa.int #LPS25 in Vienna is in full flow! At 11.30am we have two talks by @timwrightleeds.bsky.social and
Camila Novoa Lizama from @envleeds.bsky.social. At 4.15pm Erin Mills @bgs.ac.uk is presenting and, after that session, there will be lots of COMET posters to see. More info below:

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UK COMET @uk-comet.bsky.social · Jun 24

Day 2 at #lps25: a busy poster session (with drinks and snacks provided..), a swim in the Donau between sessions, more natural hazard sessions, and to wrap up the day: a shared COMET and @cpom-uk.bsky.social dinner that took over half of a restaurant. See you tomorrow for more…!

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UK COMET @uk-comet.bsky.social · Jun 24

***COMET Scientist @geoandyhooper.bsky.social will be speaking on behalf of @yassermaghsoudi.bsky.social at 14.00 today.***

UK COMET @uk-comet.bsky.social · Jun 24

It's day 2 of @esa.int #LPS25 in Vienna. At 2pm today COMET Scientist @yassermaghsoudi.bsky.social will be speaking about the "Development of an InSAR Phase Bias Correction Processor". You will also find two @envleeds.bsky.social PhD research posters in the poster hall from 5.45pm. More info below:

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UK COMET @uk-comet.bsky.social · Jun 23

It's been a great start to the @esa.int Living Planet Symposium 2025! #lps25 If you're in Vienna, join us at the poster session this afternoon (see below) and to hear about "Routine Global Volcano Monitoring Using Sentinel-1 Data and the LiCSAlert Algorithm", presented by @geoandyhooper.bsky.social

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UK COMET @uk-comet.bsky.social · Jun 23

Good morning from #lps25! The first two COMET posters are up - come see us at T39 & T40 today

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UK COMET @uk-comet.bsky.social · Jun 21

Breakfast in Leeds, second breakfast in London, lunch in Brussel, sweet treat (ice cream!) in Frankfurt, late dinner in Vienna! And no delays all day - would recommend this train journey 😃

We spotted flixtrains (not buses!)

On to #lps25 starting tomorrow with workshops. Now it’s time to sleep… 😴

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UK COMET @uk-comet.bsky.social · Jun 21

The sun rises early over Leeds on the longest day of the year as we set off from the train station towards Vienna for ESA’s Living Planet Symposium #lps25 🌞🌞

The coming week, I (Stijn Vleugels, Uni of Leeds) will be taking over the COMET socials to give you a firsthand experience of the conference!

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UK COMET @uk-comet.bsky.social · May 24

We are delighted to celebrate two outstanding
@uk-comet.bsky.social Scientists, Professor Marie Edmonds @cambridge-earthsci.bsky.social and Professor
@davidmpyle.bsky.social (@ox.ac.uk), elected Fellows of the Royal Society this year: royalsociety.org/news/2025/05... 🎉

Read more: wp.me/p5NBzI-1Zg

Celebrating Excellence in Earth Sciences: Two COMET Scientists Elected Fellows of the Royal Society - UK Centre for Observation and Modelling of Earthquakes, Volcanoes and Tectonics

We are delighted to celebrate COMET Scientists Professor Marie Edmonds (University of Cambridge) and Professor David Pyle (University of Oxford), who are amongst the outstanding and distinguished grou...

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UK COMET @uk-comet.bsky.social · May 23

Please register at:

ukri.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: COMET+ Webinar: Federico Galetto (Cornell University). High-resolution remote sensing data to measure topographic changes in volcanoes. After registering, y...

Quantifying topographic changes in volcanoes provides important information about volcanic deposits and mass-wasting processes, with implications for forecasting volcanic hazards. High-resolution Digi...

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UK COMET @uk-comet.bsky.social · May 21

Next week's webinar is hosted by Dr Federico Galetto from ‪@cornelluniversity.bsky.social‬ more details below:

#Volcano #data #Webinar

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UK COMET @uk-comet.bsky.social · May 2

It's the last day of @eurogeosciences (EGU) 2025 and the @comet_nerc_uk has another exciting day ahead!

You can check out the full #EGU25 programme on the EGU website www.egu25.eu

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UK COMET @uk-comet.bsky.social · May 1

It's day 4 at @eurogeosciences (EGU) 2025 and the @comet_nerc_uk has another exciting day ahead!

You can check out the full #EGU25 programme on the EGU website www.egu25.eu

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UK COMET @uk-comet.bsky.social · Apr 30

It's day 3 at EGU 2025 and the UK Centre for Observation and Modelling of Earthquakes, Volcanoes and Tectonics has another exciting day ahead!

You can check out the full #EGU25 programme on the EGU website www.egu25.eu

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UK COMET @uk-comet.bsky.social · Apr 29

It's been another action packed day for the UK Centre for Observation and Modelling of Earthquakes, Volcanoes and Tectonics at EGU 2025.

Join us again tomorrow to follow our daily talk and poster schedule.

#EGU25

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UK COMET @uk-comet.bsky.social · Apr 28

We hope everyone attending European Geosciences Union (EGU) 2025 has a fantastic week and don't miss the following COMET talks and posters.

You can check out the full hashtag#EGU25 programme on the EGU website www.egu25.eu

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UK COMET @uk-comet.bsky.social · Apr 17

For more information on why and how COMET responds to earthquake events, read this article by COMET Co-Director, Professor @timwrightleeds.bsky.social: comet.nerc.ac.uk/how-and-why-...

How and why does COMET respond to earthquakes? - UK Centre for Observation and Modelling of Earthquakes, Volcanoes and Tectonics

A personal view from COMET* director, Prof Tim Wright 14 February 2023 We have all been shocked and horrified by the pictures coming from Türkiye and Syria over the past week following the two large...

comet.nerc.ac.uk

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