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Dr James Hickey 🌋🇪🇺

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Volcanologist 🌋 | Geophysicist | Associate Professor @ Uni of Exeter, Dept Earth & Environmental Sciences | SciComm & Outreach | 🏃🏼‍♂️🏑🚴🏼‍♂️🧘🏼‍♂️🤸🏄🏼‍♂️⛷🧗🏼‍♂️

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VMSG @vmsg.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
We're excited to announce registration for our 2027 VMSG Annual Meeting in Cambridge is now open! See our webpage here: vmsg.org.uk/events/vmsg2... For this year we also have bursary support available to help attendees, deadline to apply 9th October!
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Dr James Hickey 🌋🇪🇺 @jameshickey77.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Can we please move away from nonsense like this, it helps no one: "Leverhulme actively encourage applicants to apply to a different institution from the one they gained their PhD from. Therefore, a strong case to stay at [current instituion] will need to be made by all internal candidates."
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VMSG @vmsg.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
There are now just 12 DAYS remaining to submit your nomination for the VMSG Award, Willy Aspinall Prize, Zeiss Postdoctoral Keynote Award, or apply for our £750 student bursary! Deadline 15th Sept. Details at vmsg.org.uk/awards
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VMSG are proud to present several awards, which may be presented up to annually. The awards are:
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Kate Littler @palaeoclimate.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Please sign and share the petition below to stand with Exeter staff against these unjustified redundancies. Thank you 🙏 www.change.org/p/stop-redun...
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Sign the Petition
Stop Redundancies at the University of Exeter
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Dr James Hickey 🌋🇪🇺 @jameshickey77.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
It was great to chat about Sakurajima volcano with Michael Portillo last year in Japan for his current BBC TV show 🌋 🚆 🇯🇵. If you didn't catch my fleeting appearance on BBC 2 last night, it's available on iPlayer at: www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
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Romain Vaucher @romainvaucher.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
We need to change how we publish science! New article with @camthomas.bsky.social : “Diamond is the new Green: why Green OA is not sustainable long-term.” About 15 min, perfect for a weekend reading with a coffee: @sedimentologika.bsky.social 💎 doi.org/10.57035/jou...
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Dr Fabian Wadsworth @fabianwadsworth.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
In 2017 we went to the Diamond Light Source to test if we could make obsidian by slowly cooling bubbly magma inducing resorption of the bubbles. We found that we could, so long as the cooling was very slow. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Dr James Hickey 🌋🇪🇺 @jameshickey77.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
#academia
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Dr James Hickey 🌋🇪🇺 @jameshickey77.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
Whispers in Brexit… www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Why are young people leaving Britain to work abroad?
Three young Britons explain why they are building their futures overseas.
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VMSG @vmsg.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
Final Registration for the VMSG Annual Meeting 2026 is fast approaching. Abstract deadline has been extended until Friday 8 Dec. We aim to inform registrants of their presentation type (talk/poster) & time slot by 12 Dec. We look forward to welcoming you all to Southampton!
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Met Office - weather and climate @metoffice.gov.uk · 27/11/2025
Today, we're launching our advanced volcanic ash forecasting service to reduce aviation disruption. In 2010, Eyjafjallajökull closed much of Europe's airspace; our new service could halve such disruption and keep skies open during future eruptions. Read more: www.metoffice.gov.uk/about-us/new...
Met Office news release: 27 November 2025 - New Met Office service to cut aviation disruption from volcanic ash
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
Vital piece of investigative reporting from Sky. They've uncovered the X algorithm which feeds users extremist right wing material from the moment they join the site. It is a far-right radicalisation engine, by design. news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
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Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
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Dr James Hickey 🌋🇪🇺 @jameshickey77.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
🚨 new paper and proud supervisor moment 🚨 A former 4th year undergraduate research project student has published her work: www.jvolcanica.org/ojs/index.ph... Social sensing the 2018 Kīlauea Volcanic eruption through community Facebook use #volcanology #risk #hazards 🧪⚒️🌋
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Social sensing the 2018 Kīlauea Volcanic eruption through community Facebook use | Volcanica
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Dr James Hickey 🌋🇪🇺 @jameshickey77.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
🚨 New Paper Day 🚨 Benchmarking and testing poroelastic dynamic magma mush volcano deformation models - one for all the magma mush or volcano deformation enthusiasts out there 🌋⚒️🧪 Thread 🧵 below ⬇️ www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #volcano #geophysics #modelling #volcanology #magma
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Benchmarking and testing poroelastic dynamic magma mush volcano deformation models
Volcano deformation studies provide crucial insights into magmatic processes, offering a key perspective on the dynamics of magma reservoirs and their…
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Department of Earth Sciences at Durham University, UK @durhamearthsci.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
Looking for your next professional adventure? Here's your opportunity! ✨ Apply for this Associate Professor position in Sustainable Earth Energy before the 31st Oct. 2025 and join the Durham University Department of Earth Sciences! Find out more👉 durham.taleo.net/careersectio... #DUJobs #Hiring
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Associate Professor in Sustainable Earth Energy
Click the link provided to see the complete job description.
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Dr James Hickey 🌋🇪🇺 @jameshickey77.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
100% this. Also, when papers spend weeks (or more) waiting for someone to tick a box to move it to the next stage of the process, and then they demand comments on proofs within 3 days and with no regard for a weekend…!
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Rock Lab Strasbourg @rocklabstrasbourg.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
I'm hiring a new post-doc to work on the @rottnrock.bsky.social project! Come help us understand hydrothermal alteration and volcanic hazards! Advert here: www.unistra.fr/universite/t... 📸 Recent ROTTnROCK trip to Mombacho, Nicaragua 🌋
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Dr James Hickey 🌋🇪🇺 @jameshickey77.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
Super interesting stuff! Check. It. Out! 👇🏼
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Dr Fabian Wadsworth @fabianwadsworth.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
New paper! The last of Eloïse Bretagne's PhD papers is out! Here we generalize our models for permeability to magma mush at any melt fraction. Take a look if you want to model percolative flow of melt through a magma mush and if you want to account for crystal shape. OA: dx.doi.org/10.1029/2025...
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Dr. Judith Hubbard @judithgeology.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
⚒️ 🧪 Another big addition to the remarkable M8.8 earthquake sequence offshore Kamchatka: a M7.8 - the biggest aftershock so far. With foreshocks, aftershocks, aftershocks of foreshocks, and foreshocks of aftershocks, it's hard to keep these earthquakes straight! Read more about what's going on:
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M 7.8 strikes offshore Kamchatka
Another big addition to a remarkable earthquake sequence
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Dr James Hickey 🌋🇪🇺 @jameshickey77.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
AI iS gOiNG tO TaKE oVeR tHE W0rLd...
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Dr James Hickey 🌋🇪🇺 @jameshickey77.bsky.social · 02/08/2025
This one will have to go front facing on the bookshelf! 😍 🌋
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Dr James Hickey 🌋🇪🇺 @jameshickey77.bsky.social · 27/07/2025
Yaassss! 🦁 🦁 🦁 🥲
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a sign that says it 's coming home with a flag in the background
ALT: a sign that says it 's coming home with a flag in the background
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James Bullock @jmbecologist.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
Really disappointing new policy from NERC banning resubmissions of grant applications Many of us, including me, have won grants on resubmission, using the reviews to improve the application This is is neither fair nor productive www.ukri.org/councils/ner...
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NERC policy on resubmissions
This policy only applies to research grant applications.
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Rebecca Williams @volcanologist.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
NERC: We need to open up environmental science! Why is it not diverse? Also NERC: We're scrapping Independent Research Fellowships, New Investigator Grants, Small Grants, are limiting applications from institutions based on past success rates and will only allow you to submit your proposal once.
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Rock Lab Strasbourg @rocklabstrasbourg.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
To find out more, check out our Open Access paper, just published in JVGR: 🥳 doi.org/10.1016/j.jv... Featuring: @jameshickey77.bsky.social and others not on BlueSky! 6/6
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Nick Barber 🌋 @volcannick.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
Wow, what an interesting study! An early takeaway from me: we have a long way to go to ensure research being done on volcanoes is connected to the academic communities rooted in the areas affected by their eruptions. This is also a helpful jumping off point for discussions about fieldwork ethics.
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Dr James Hickey 🌋🇪🇺 @jameshickey77.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
🚨 How far are volcanologists from volcanoes? 🌋🚨 Check out our new paper here: link.springer.com/article/10.1.... What started as a conversation about whether we at @exeter.ac.uk (in Cornwall, UK) are further from volcanoes than our global colleagues turned into an exploration of a fruitful data set!
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Dr James Hickey 🌋🇪🇺 @jameshickey77.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
What a week at #IAVCEI2025, and what a bunch of closing ceremony-after party survivors 🕺💃🏼🪩 @iavcei.bsky.social
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IAVCEI - International Association of Volcanology and Chemistry @iavcei.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
We are thrilled to announce that the next IAVCEI Scientific Assembly will be held in Costa Rica! 🇨🇷 A heartfelt thank you to everyone who joined us in #IAVCEI2025 in Switzerland. We look forward to seeing you all again in #IAVCEI2029. Welcome to Costa Rica!
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Rock Lab Strasbourg @rocklabstrasbourg.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
If you’re interested in hydrothermal sealing and explosions, check out my #IAVCEI25 @iavcei.bsky.social poster today! Number 29! 🌋
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Dr James Hickey 🌋🇪🇺 @jameshickey77.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
Useful 👇🏼 #IAVCEI2025
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Dr James Hickey 🌋🇪🇺 @jameshickey77.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
Touched down in Geneva town for #IAVCEI2025 🌋 🥵
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Jenni Barclay @volcanojenni.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
We are looking for a new researcher @UoBEarthSciences ! (36 months funded) if you like 🌋, are good at analysing. 🪨 and enjoy working in large collaborations. Then come and join us! This post is an important part of a new UK NERC funded Large Grant.. www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...
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Details | Working at Bristol | University of Bristol
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Mel Rodgers @volcanomel.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
We're looking for volcano researchers who use drones to fill out a short(ish) survey on typical field practices and use of UAS. We'll present some preliminary results at IAVCEI in Geneva @iavcei.bsky.social next month. Survey here: forms.gle/TWLt2qq1XLZz... Thank you!!!
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Then and now: a post-workshop survey
It's been a little over two years since the inaugural "Lessons-Learned Community-Driven Workshop to Define Best Practices for Unoccupied Aerial Systems (UAS) use in Volcanology" at IAVCEI 2023. Techno...
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International Continental Scientific Drilling Program ICDP @icdpdrilling.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
🌋Hot news: Workshop Call 👉 FlankEd: Drilling the Deforming Eastern Flank of Mount Etna WHEN 📆 24-27 September 2025 (Catania, Italy) CALL ▶️ tinyurl.com/4fhhhj6m MORE INFO ℹ️ www.icdp-online.org/projects/by-... Application until 31 July 2025
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Nature Reviews Earth & Environment @natrevearthenviron.nature.com · 03/06/2025
New online! Crystal mush processes and crustal magmatism
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Crystal mush processes and crustal magmatism
Nature Reviews Earth & Environment, Published online: 03 June 2025; doi:10.1038/s43017-025-00682-xCrystal mush processes are key to magmatic differentiation, volcanic system behaviour and some mineral resources. This Review discusses the processes involved in mush formation, rejuvenation and eruption, and how tectonics and crustal thermal maturity impacts these processes.
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Dr James Hickey 🌋🇪🇺 @jameshickey77.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
New paper day: Social sensing a volcanic eruption: application to Kīlauea, 2018. In a novel approach to monitoring the response to volcanic activity, we analysed Tweets (from before that place went to sh!t) posted during the 2018 LERZ eruption at Kīlauea. nhess.copernicus.org/articles/25/... ⚒️🧪🌋
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Dr James Hickey 🌋🇪🇺 @jameshickey77.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
Back at the desk after a fab trip to work with the Sakurajima volcano observatory 🌋. We also caught the volcano blast back to life on May 15 and 16, even depositing ash into downtown Kagoshima. Lots of work to do to keep understanding this exciting volcano! ⚒️🧪 #sakurajima #volcano
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Dr James Hickey 🌋🇪🇺 @jameshickey77.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
A great little watch with your morning (or afternoon) coffee!
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Dr James Hickey 🌋🇪🇺 @jameshickey77.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
I saw pork belly as I scrolled past this 🙈, dunno if that means I'm a terrible geologist, or hungry, or both...
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Dr James Hickey 🌋🇪🇺 @jameshickey77.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
Back from a delightful and successful 3rd year @exeter.ac.uk geology fieldclass to #Tenerife exploring a range of #volcanology 🌋 and igneous petrology 🪨 concepts! The students were absolutely top class 👏! Grateful for support from @geotenerife.bsky.social 🤩. 🧪⚒️
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Hugh Tuffen @htuffen.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Excellent photo essay from Alessandro Gandolfi in today's @theguardian.com from Italy's Phlegraean Fields (Campi Flegrei), where ground movements, seismic swarms, and fumaroles are a part of life at a restless, active #volcano www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
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‘The ground keeps breaking and deforming’: life in Italy’s volcanic Phlegraean Fields
In the Phlegraean Fields in southern Italy a record 6,740 earthquakes were recorded in 2024, and the seismic swarm has continued in 2025
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abrakaren.bsky.social @abrakaren.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
🌋 Abstract Submission for SHV30: Turning Magma into Momentum, is now OPEN! 📅 14-18 July 2025 in Montserrat 🇲🇸 ➡️ Abstract submission deadline : 31 March 2025 More info on www.mvo.ms/shv30/ @volcanojenni.bsky.social @davidmpyle.bsky.social @iavcei.bsky.social @jameshickey77.bsky.social
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Dr James Hickey 🌋🇪🇺 @jameshickey77.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
I got a delightful “it’s more a statement than a question” response today… …from an 8 or 9 year old at a school outreach talk 😂😂
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Prof Chris Jackson @seismatters.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
🧪 Frustrated by the actions (or inactions) of some of our professional and learned societies during this ongoing attack on #science and scholarship more generally? If so, this letter to the @royalsociety.org from my mate, @scurry.bsky.social, is worth a read and I hope, signing ✍🏻
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 04/01/2025
Everything stated in this post is a provable fact. You are entitled to your own opinion. You are not entitled to your own facts. Looking at YOU, 2020 election-deniers.
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Dr James Hickey 🌋🇪🇺 @jameshickey77.bsky.social · 02/01/2025
Just over a week left to apply for this 👇🏼
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Dr James Hickey 🌋🇪🇺 @jameshickey77.bsky.social · 31/12/2024
Mountain fountain go boom, or no? 🌋
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Dr Fabian Wadsworth @fabianwadsworth.bsky.social · 27/12/2024
I really enjoy writing poems. I write most days. I write poems for people then type them out using a typewriter, and send them anywhere in the world, all for free. If you want to request a poem for you or for someone else, then fill out the form here: republicofverse.com
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