Oliver Lamb
@olamb245.bsky.social
Volcanoes - Seismology - Acoustics
Earth Sciences New Zealand
Earth Sciences New Zealand
Solid advice here but I disagree with the first point for one reason: accessibility.
Having text as 2 or 3 short bullet points on your slide will help deaf and HoH folks (such as myself) follow your talk as they might not be able to hear you.
Having text as 2 or 3 short bullet points on your slide will help deaf and HoH folks (such as myself) follow your talk as they might not be able to hear you.
I find there's a huge mismatch between the standard advice that people give about scientific conference talks, and how people actually give talks.
So I picked out the most important pieces of advice that are most often ignored. 🧪
So I picked out the most important pieces of advice that are most often ignored. 🧪
The best scientific talk advice that gets ignored
Here are some prescriptions for a case of UCPS (Unengaging Conference Presentation Syndrome).
scienceforeveryone.science
October 29, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Solid advice here but I disagree with the first point for one reason: accessibility.
Having text as 2 or 3 short bullet points on your slide will help deaf and HoH folks (such as myself) follow your talk as they might not be able to hear you.
Having text as 2 or 3 short bullet points on your slide will help deaf and HoH folks (such as myself) follow your talk as they might not be able to hear you.
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#volcan #volcano #Taal 🇵🇭 Des explosions phréatiques ou préatomagmatiques parfois assez spectaculaires sont observées dans le lac/Some relatively impressive phreatic or phreatomagmatic explosions are observed in the lake www.youtube.com/watch?v=Enjx...
Multiple minor eruptions rock Taal Volcano on Oct. 26
YouTube video by Manila Bulletin
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October 27, 2025 at 5:23 AM
#volcan #volcano #Taal 🇵🇭 Des explosions phréatiques ou préatomagmatiques parfois assez spectaculaires sont observées dans le lac/Some relatively impressive phreatic or phreatomagmatic explosions are observed in the lake www.youtube.com/watch?v=Enjx...
If you need something to listen to today, check out the latest episode of Our Changing World where we talk about some experimental work we're currently working on, i.e. a mini-volcano in the lab! 🌋
What makes Ruapehu tick, and boom episode of Our Changing World podcast
It’s been 30 years since a dramatic series of eruptions at Mount Ruapehu. In that time, there have been great advances in monitoring and modelling volcanoes – but we still can’t look inside a volcano ...
www.rnz.co.nz
October 21, 2025 at 6:25 PM
If you need something to listen to today, check out the latest episode of Our Changing World where we talk about some experimental work we're currently working on, i.e. a mini-volcano in the lab! 🌋
We are hiring! If you're passionate about volcanic fluid geochemistry, this is the job for you. Come join our awesome team to contribute to volcano monitoring and research in Aotearoa!
Volcanic Fluids Geochemist
At Earth Sciences New Zealand, we power a better future through science. Formed from the merger of GNS Science and NIWA, we bring together over 1,200 passionate people united by a shared purpose: to d...
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October 20, 2025 at 11:40 PM
We are hiring! If you're passionate about volcanic fluid geochemistry, this is the job for you. Come join our awesome team to contribute to volcano monitoring and research in Aotearoa!
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Kīlauea episode 35 has arrived. The double fountain shot is from one of the HVO interns, Christina. All are taken from the public viewing areas.
October 18, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Kīlauea episode 35 has arrived. The double fountain shot is from one of the HVO interns, Christina. All are taken from the public viewing areas.
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Using earthquake data we image seismic velocity 'anomalies' at 7-12 km depth beneath geothermal systems, north of Taupō, New Zealand. We interpret the anomalies as representing crystal-rich partial melt – the deep heat sources driving the geothermal systems.
doi.org/10.1016/j.jv...
#seismology
doi.org/10.1016/j.jv...
#seismology
October 5, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Using earthquake data we image seismic velocity 'anomalies' at 7-12 km depth beneath geothermal systems, north of Taupō, New Zealand. We interpret the anomalies as representing crystal-rich partial melt – the deep heat sources driving the geothermal systems.
doi.org/10.1016/j.jv...
#seismology
doi.org/10.1016/j.jv...
#seismology
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Once upon a time, the platform formerly known as Twitter was a vibrant meeting-place where scientists, the public, official orgs and more besides could exchange knowledge. I set out to find out how effective it could be for disseminating geoscience info
Skip to the paper ☛ doi.org/10.1038/s432...
Skip to the paper ☛ doi.org/10.1038/s432...
September 30, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Once upon a time, the platform formerly known as Twitter was a vibrant meeting-place where scientists, the public, official orgs and more besides could exchange knowledge. I set out to find out how effective it could be for disseminating geoscience info
Skip to the paper ☛ doi.org/10.1038/s432...
Skip to the paper ☛ doi.org/10.1038/s432...
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Very happy to see El Mestel's work on seismicity at Taupō volcano published today in JGR: agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...
El used a new seismic network to look at Taupō in more detail than anyone has done before
El used a new seismic network to look at Taupō in more detail than anyone has done before
Seismicity From Modern Magmatic Activity Beneath Taupō Volcano, Aotearoa New Zealand
Seismicity beneath the northern part of Lake Taupō is directly related to the volcano, while other seismicity is tectonically controlled Newly observed arcuate shape at ∼6 km depth beneath the la...
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
September 24, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Very happy to see El Mestel's work on seismicity at Taupō volcano published today in JGR: agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...
El used a new seismic network to look at Taupō in more detail than anyone has done before
El used a new seismic network to look at Taupō in more detail than anyone has done before
Great to see this new work by Sam Mitchinson published this week! He quantified the uncertainty in expert classification of volcano seismic events, with important implications for ML model accuracy. 🌋
Capturing expert uncertainty: ICC-informed soft labelling for volcano-seismicity - Bulletin of Volcanology
Reliable classification of volcano-seismic signals underpins monitoring and eruption forecasting and is an essential tool for advancing understanding of subsurface processes. However, traditional appr...
link.springer.com
September 19, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Great to see this new work by Sam Mitchinson published this week! He quantified the uncertainty in expert classification of volcano seismic events, with important implications for ML model accuracy. 🌋
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🌋 Excited to share my new essay in Aeon: one of the most underappreciated global risks isn’t an asteroid or supervolcano—it’s the eruptions we don’t see coming:
The science of volcanoes and their relationship with the climate is hard to keep up with. Why do some volcanoes give us little warning before they blow? Are we ignoring the next big eruption?
Hidden volcanoes: are we ignoring the next big eruption? | Aeon Essays
The next global disaster may be triggered by a catastrophic eruption. How can we prepare for the fire beneath our feet?
buff.ly
September 16, 2025 at 10:40 AM
🌋 Excited to share my new essay in Aeon: one of the most underappreciated global risks isn’t an asteroid or supervolcano—it’s the eruptions we don’t see coming:
Snap, crackle and pop!
Love the booming explosions from the summit vent in the background.
Love the booming explosions from the summit vent in the background.
How does lava sound when it comes to the surface of the Earth? Listen to a lava flow oozing out of its effusive vent high on the southwestern side of #Etna, 28 August 2025. That day no visits by tourists were allowed on the site, which permitted this (relatively) clean recording
August 30, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Snap, crackle and pop!
Love the booming explosions from the summit vent in the background.
Love the booming explosions from the summit vent in the background.
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The Southeast Crater - youngest and most active of the four summit craters of #Etna - producing Strombolian explosions and a lava flow on the evening of 24 August 2025. The current summit eruption started on 14 August. Photo taken from Nicolosi on Etna's south flank.
August 24, 2025 at 7:33 PM
The Southeast Crater - youngest and most active of the four summit craters of #Etna - producing Strombolian explosions and a lava flow on the evening of 24 August 2025. The current summit eruption started on 14 August. Photo taken from Nicolosi on Etna's south flank.
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Geological Survey of Japan captured the moment that a small PDC went down at Shinmoedake in Kirishima Volcanic Complex.
www.gsj.jp/hazards/volc...
www.gsj.jp/hazards/volc...
July 8, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Geological Survey of Japan captured the moment that a small PDC went down at Shinmoedake in Kirishima Volcanic Complex.
www.gsj.jp/hazards/volc...
www.gsj.jp/hazards/volc...
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Ruapehu was fully out on the flight back to Palmy yesterday.
July 8, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Ruapehu was fully out on the flight back to Palmy yesterday.
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Geological Survey of Japan released a crazy drone photo showing the new vent of the Shinmoedake in Kirishima Volcanic Complex.
www.gsj.jp/hazards/volc...
www.gsj.jp/hazards/volc...
July 4, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Geological Survey of Japan released a crazy drone photo showing the new vent of the Shinmoedake in Kirishima Volcanic Complex.
www.gsj.jp/hazards/volc...
www.gsj.jp/hazards/volc...
Good morning #IAVCEI2025! I have two presentations for you today. I have a talk about the amazing acoustics of the Hunga eruption at 3.45, followed by a poster on the 2022 unrest episode at Taupō (which inc. a tsunami!) See you there!
July 3, 2025 at 5:01 AM
Good morning #IAVCEI2025! I have two presentations for you today. I have a talk about the amazing acoustics of the Hunga eruption at 3.45, followed by a poster on the 2022 unrest episode at Taupō (which inc. a tsunami!) See you there!
The morning sunrise over the lake almost makes up for the lack of volcanoes in Geneva #IAVCEI2025
July 1, 2025 at 4:53 AM
The morning sunrise over the lake almost makes up for the lack of volcanoes in Geneva #IAVCEI2025
On the last leg of my journey to Geneva for #IAVCEI2025. Looking forward to meeting friends and learning new science!
June 29, 2025 at 10:38 AM
On the last leg of my journey to Geneva for #IAVCEI2025. Looking forward to meeting friends and learning new science!
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Indonesia’s Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki erupted, sending ash and smoke into the sky. Authorities evacuated nearby villages as a precaution. Scientists are monitoring gas and seismic activity closely. #Volcano #Indonesia #DisasterPreparedness
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AP:
apnews.com/article/indo...
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AP:
apnews.com/article/indo...
June 17, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Indonesia’s Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki erupted, sending ash and smoke into the sky. Authorities evacuated nearby villages as a precaution. Scientists are monitoring gas and seismic activity closely. #Volcano #Indonesia #DisasterPreparedness
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AP:
apnews.com/article/indo...
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AP:
apnews.com/article/indo...
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Lots of ash from the fire fountain in this Hawaii live feed from USGS. www.youtube.com/live/oG5zz9S...
June 11, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Lots of ash from the fire fountain in this Hawaii live feed from USGS. www.youtube.com/live/oG5zz9S...
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Episode 23 of the ongoing eruption at Kīlauea recently ended. Here's a video from the USGS showing a time-lapse of the fountaining.
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HVO
www.usgs.gov/observatorie...
USGS Volcano Hazards Program
www.usgs.gov/vhp
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HVO
www.usgs.gov/observatorie...
USGS Volcano Hazards Program
www.usgs.gov/vhp
May 28, 2025 at 5:12 AM
Episode 23 of the ongoing eruption at Kīlauea recently ended. Here's a video from the USGS showing a time-lapse of the fountaining.
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HVO
www.usgs.gov/observatorie...
USGS Volcano Hazards Program
www.usgs.gov/vhp
🧪⚒️🌋
HVO
www.usgs.gov/observatorie...
USGS Volcano Hazards Program
www.usgs.gov/vhp
New Ruapehu VAB: Te Wai ā-moe temperatures are cooling slightly but low-level activity continues. 🇳🇿🌋
Volcanic Alert Level remains at 1. : www.geonet.org.nz/mbl/news/3rC...
Volcanic Alert Level remains at 1. : www.geonet.org.nz/mbl/news/3rC...
GeoNet: Volcanic Activity Bulletin
www.geonet.org.nz
May 21, 2025 at 10:52 PM
New Ruapehu VAB: Te Wai ā-moe temperatures are cooling slightly but low-level activity continues. 🇳🇿🌋
Volcanic Alert Level remains at 1. : www.geonet.org.nz/mbl/news/3rC...
Volcanic Alert Level remains at 1. : www.geonet.org.nz/mbl/news/3rC...
"Drums, drums in the deep"
Maybe the Mines of Moria exist beneath Ruapehu volcano?
Check out our new paper led by Liam Bramwell detailing the incredible "drumbeat" earthquakes and tremor seen in 2022!
🇳🇿🌋⚒️
Maybe the Mines of Moria exist beneath Ruapehu volcano?
Check out our new paper led by Liam Bramwell detailing the incredible "drumbeat" earthquakes and tremor seen in 2022!
🇳🇿🌋⚒️
Source dynamics of Ruapehu’s 2022 volcanic unrest: insights from drumbeat seismicity, tremor, and crater lake signals - Bulletin of Volcanology
Ruapehu, one of Aotearoa New Zealand’s most active andesitic volcanoes, experienced moderate to heightened volcanic unrest beginning March 2022. This included heightened volcanic tremor, the initiatio...
link.springer.com
May 20, 2025 at 7:23 PM
"Drums, drums in the deep"
Maybe the Mines of Moria exist beneath Ruapehu volcano?
Check out our new paper led by Liam Bramwell detailing the incredible "drumbeat" earthquakes and tremor seen in 2022!
🇳🇿🌋⚒️
Maybe the Mines of Moria exist beneath Ruapehu volcano?
Check out our new paper led by Liam Bramwell detailing the incredible "drumbeat" earthquakes and tremor seen in 2022!
🇳🇿🌋⚒️