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Rebecca Williams @volcanologist.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Volcanoes are fascinating. Pictures, videos and articles of eruptions fill our social media feeds and newspapers. But can you believe what you read? Misinformation and rumours spread just as easily as facts. Misconceptions are easily created and hard to correct. @heatherkhandley.bsky.social

theconversation.com

During eruptions, misinformation can spread further than ash. How can we spot it?

From scary headlines to recycled eruption videos, new research reveals how common misconceptions can fuel misinformation about volcanoes.

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Ed Venzke @gabbroguy.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

My money is on a time traveler trying to save the future.

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Ed Venzke @gabbroguy.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

Four more volcanoes this week were unable to convince me, and other volcanologists over the past 40+ years, that they were actually active in the Holocene. Had to relegate them to Pleistocene status. It's a tephra job, but I enjoy doing it.

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Ed Venzke @gabbroguy.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

If official reports from your agency give a range (say 400-600), don't just say 600 to news media. Also, geologists should remember to convert 14C "years before present" numbers to calendar dates, at least for the last 2,000 years. The 1950 baseline is 75 years ago, creating confusion in the press.

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Ed Venzke @gabbroguy.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

Improved satellite imagery compared to 20 years ago clearly shows that those "dark fresh lava flows on glacial moraines" are just more recent rock avalanches on older avalanches. It's actually a 300-500 ka edifice falling apart and with a sulfur-rich hydrothermal system.

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Ed Venzke @gabbroguy.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

Considering all the geological research done in Colorado, why hasn't anyone done isotopic dating of the supposed Quaternary volcanics near Dotsero Crater in over 50 years? The one Holocene eruption is based on one 14C date (4,150 BP) from a 1962 MS thesis. Never confirmed by later work. Venting...

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Ed Venzke @gabbroguy.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

I love solving volcano mysteries. Latest case resulted in 3 eruptions from the 1880s reclassified as geo/hydrothermal, one from 2003 discredited due to bad aviation observations (wrong volcano). Finally, no Holocene eruption evidence, so volcano age status changed. ~signed, a US government scientist

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Ed Venzke @gabbroguy.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

Solved another eruption mystery, untangling some geological "telephone". It started with a volcanic field paper published as an appendix in govt report about bauxite resources. Volcanic "bombs" ~2 inches long were in a coastal deposit. Shells in layers above and below gave a 500 year window. 1/

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

All of this could have been avoided if enough people had just decided to vote for a competent Black Indian woman. Racism...the downfall of America.

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Ed Venzke @gabbroguy.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

Pro tip: if you request help with something that could mean hours of effort, don't send a follow-up for at least 2 weeks. That 15 min spent upon receipt of the original email evaluating the level of effort and allocating time the following week? Yea... now that first 15 min is all you get.

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Ed Venzke @gabbroguy.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

Gotta love it when an author cites a conference paper completely unavailable online... where in the abstract they relay that a volcano ended activity by a certain time, and in cited text that it started at that same time. Monday.

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Ed Venzke @gabbroguy.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

Taking a lunch break and saw a sign-board truck driving along the Mall with this message: "Make Polio Great Again".

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Ed Venzke @gabbroguy.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

If anyone in the US is truly shocked by the immediate chaos and cruelty from the new administration, well... you probably weren't paying attention the first time around or during the campaign. Take care, but be aware. Good doggos take lots of naps, not good citizens.

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Ed Venzke @gabbroguy.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

Can't say that I ever considered there might have been "non-magmatic" eruptions in Madison, Wisconsin. Or that the lakes are explosion craters. Or that the Baraboo Quartzite was expelled by landmasses colliding during an earthquake. Despite my knowledge of the area, emailer suggested Zircon dating.

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JoJoFromJerz @jojofromjerz.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

Well this is a photo I shall cherish forever. 🥹

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Ed Venzke @gabbroguy.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

I'm not attending #AGU2024, but will be around if any friends/colleagues want to get together for some food or drinks, or just want to say Hi while visiting NMNH.

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Ed Venzke @gabbroguy.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

Looks like there's finally some real life to this app now. Due to it not being approved yet by my employer for official posts, I won't have much volcano content. However, here's something for Hudson fans...

White smooth coated dog with one tan eye patch laying on green outdoor carpet with leaves scattered around.

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John Pavlovitz @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

Right now, there's a lot of journalists and talking heads trying to tell the Dems they need to change their messaging, instead of being honest about the racism, misogyny, and lack of education on the issues that made people vote for a criminal-sociopath. johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/no-the-dem...

johnpavlovitz.substack.com

No, the Democratic Party Can't "Message Better" to Racism, Misogyny, and Ignorance

In the wake of the election results, one of the most common media postmortems has been the Democratic Party’s supposed failure to reach those Americans who they were unable to persuade over the course...

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Ed Venzke @gabbroguy.bsky.social · 20/01/2024

I'm tired. It's been a long week. All the tasks and paperwork to be done when a close family member dies leaves little time to for grief.

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Ed Venzke @gabbroguy.bsky.social · 06/01/2024

Any day that I remove a volcano is a good day. Today was a good day. More a merge of two entries, but it counts.

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Ed Venzke @gabbroguy.bsky.social · 23/12/2023

CO2 emissions from all volcanism is orders of magnitude less than that from human activity. A 2-day fissure eruption, as amazing as it looks, contributes a trivial amount.

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CO2 from Grindavik volcano is tiny compared to amount produced by humans | Fact check

Human CO2 emissions dwarf volcanic emissions from all of the Earth's volcanos combined.

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Ed Venzke @gabbroguy.bsky.social · 24/11/2023

I say interesting words to reporters sometimes. "Scientists say worldwide volcanic activity in November 2023 is nothing out of the ordinary, contrary to social media posts.... Experts told AFP that... the year has been on the low end of what is considered typical." factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com....

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Volcano misinformation erupts amid worldwide activity

Scientists say worldwide volcanic activity in November 2023 is nothing out of the ordinary, contrary to social media posts pointing to a recent spate of eruptions as abnormal. Experts told AFP that de...

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