Event type:
Evening meeting, Lecture
Organised by:
West Midlands Regional Group
Venue:
Room MA202, Building Ma, University of Wolverhampton (South Campus)
Event status:
EVENT CLOSED
The West Midlands Regional Group is hosting a meeting on 'Monitoring Active Volcanoes'. The meeting will be held at Wolverhampton University, located within Building MA (Room MA202) on the South Campus, within the City Centre.
Time
Refreshments will be available from 6.00pm, with talks due to commence at 6.30pm.
Speaker
Prof Hazel Rymer - Lecturer, Open University.
Hazel Rymer is Professor of Environmental Geophysics at the Open University. She has worked in Central America, Iceland and Italy on active volcanoes and specialises in the micro-gravity and ground deformation measurements
Abstract
Volcano monitoring used to be the preserve of technicians in volcano observatories, or of academic researchers. Thanks to new technologies, Citizen Scientists are becoming increasingly involved in not only the acquisition of scientific data, but in the analysis and interpretation too.
Spotting galaxies and identifying DNA sequences are well known targets for Citizen Science projects, but the environmental sciences and volcanology also benefit.
Geophysical measurements need to be made over long periods of time in order to identify patterns related to subsurface processes which may be relevant to eruptive activity. This is the type of study well suited to Citizen Scientists.
This talk will illustrate the long term changes that have been seen at active volcanoes and what this tells us about the processes driving volcanic activity.
Further Information
Event reminders will be circulated to members before each meeting. For further details/ enquiries, please contact the Group Secretary, Daniel Welch.
Where possible, these events may be considered for contributing to a recognised Continuing Professional Development (CPD) scheme as part of personal development. Delegates should check their individual scheme requirements.