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Jenni Barclay
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AXA Professor of Volcanology at University of Bristol. All round volcano enthusiast. Interest in reducing disaster risk and sharing knowledge. Curious. Scottish.

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Professor Jenni Barclay is the AXA Chair in Volcanology at the University of Bristol. She works on ways to mitigate volcanic risks, the interactions between rainfall and volcanic activity and the communication of volcanic hazards in the Caribbean. Barclay leads the NERC-ESRC funded Strengthening Resilience to Volcanic Hazards (STREVA) research project as well as a Leverhulme Trust programme looking at the volcanic history of the Ascension Islands. .. more

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Geology 25%
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Jenni Barclay @volcanojenni.bsky.social · 1h
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If you care about the BBC, stand up and defend it: this could be the beginning of the end | Polly Toynbee
Replacing the TV licence with a means-tested alternative may help disarm the right of one of its most effective weapons, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee
www.theguardian.com

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Celeste Labedz @celestelabedz.bsky.social · 2d
Fellow seismologists, we're going to get a lot of mileage out of the latest @xkcd.com
xckd coming of a flowchart. The top reads "someone is claiming to predict the exact date of a future earthquake. Should you listen?" A diamond-shape says "start" and one arrow leads to a box reading "NO" in very large letters, followed by "(there are big earthquakes constantly, so if anyone ever DOES figure this out, it will be immediately obvious that their method works and then the world's seismologists will not shut up about it. You won't need this flowchart."

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Dan Falk @danfalk.bsky.social · 6d
Science is facing *a lot* of obstacles these days. The final episode of BBC's Science in Action looks at where things are heading, with @michaelemann.bsky.social @naomioreskes.bsky.social & @angierasmussen.bsky.social @drdebhoury.bsky.social : www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w... #science #antiscience
BBC World Service - Science In Action, How science got here, and where next
As anti-science leaves research reeling, does evidence-based policy have a future?
www.bbc.co.uk

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Jenni Barclay @volcanojenni.bsky.social · 8d
Used to take kids on trips their when during summer camps at home! Fond mineral memories!

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Jenni Barclay @volcanojenni.bsky.social · 9d
Last few tickets remaining for London (Nov 15th)
www.beinghumanfestival.org/events/missi...
And also Birmingham (9th Nov)
www.beinghumanfestival.org/events/missi...

Missives: A crisis unravelling in letter

1 hour staged-reading re-imagines and responds to archive records (dramatised by )
A grainy image of Frank Perret at Montserrat fumaroles with an instrument, the Union Jack flag and Montserrat as red.

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Andrea Thompson @andreatweather.bsky.social · 11d
A fascinating new piece for @sciam.bsky.social by @squigglyvolcano.bsky.social about Hurricane Melissa being picked up by seismographs. Because the seismic record began long before the satellite era, we may be able to use older seismograms to learn more about past storms. 🧪
Hurricane Melissa Literally Made the Earth Shake Hundreds of Miles Away
Seismometers picked up the ferocious winds and waves of Hurricane Melissa, showing how the tools can be used to better understand storms today and those from the past
www.scientificamerican.com

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Ruth Mottram @ruthmottram.bsky.social · 12d
All of this. @timharford.ft.com spot on.

And he doesn't even mention the tracking and funnelling of our data to #BigTech

Our devices work for Big Tech, not us - giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... via @FT
https://giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/actions/redeem/70ba11e1-d4d7-4df6-83bb-f0a5433b1ee2
giftarticle.ft.com

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Jeff Berardelli @weatherprof.bsky.social · 13d
***ALL-TIME RECORD***
#Melissa is now the Strongest landfall ever on record in the Atlantic (and it seems to be getting stronger!)
892mb, winds 185 mph. (Tied with the FL Keys Labor Day Hurricane of 1935 in wind and pressure)
#jamaica
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Jenni Barclay @volcanojenni.bsky.social · 15d
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Hurricane Melissa strengthens to category 4 as evacuations ordered in Jamaica’s capital
Storm could intensify further, threatening to cause catastrophic flooding in northern Caribbean
www.theguardian.com

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Hana Ayoob @hanaayoob.co.uk · 21d
ScienceWrite 2026 is open for applications! 🧪

Our programme for minoritised/marginalised science writers based in the UK is running again!

Have an idea for a book, article or other writing project for a lay audience? This is for you!

Apply & find out more at sciencewrite.co.uk
A handdrawn laptop with 'Apply for sciencewrite' on the screen and 'Deadline 10am 17th November 2025, sciencewrite.co.uk' underneath

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Zoja Vukmanovic @3oja.bsky.social · 25d
I would like to advertise a PhD project on Magma emplacement and its evolution: aries-dtp.ac.uk/studentships... for those who have an interest in petrology, rock microstructure, and fieldwork.
Supervising team: Dr William McCarty, Prof Marian Holness, Dr Eduardo Mansur, Dr Gareth Fabbro and me.
Magma emplacement and its evolution: deciphering between magmatic and tectonic processes | Aries
Dr Zoja Vukmanovic, School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia Dr Gareth Fabbro, School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia Dr Will McCarthy, University of St Andrews...
aries-dtp.ac.uk

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Jenni Barclay @volcanojenni.bsky.social · Oct 11
Really disappointed to hear about the Loss of Science in Action from the World Service. As Judith says ‘the world needs more accessible conversations about science, not less.
judithgeology.bsky.social Dr. Judith Hubbard @judithgeology.bsky.social · Oct 11
This makes me so sad! My favorite media interviews were with Science in Action - somehow the conversation just flowed, and I got unexpected compliments from distant friends and colleagues who happened to tune in. The world needs more in-depth, accessible coverage of science, not less.
peaseroland.bsky.social Roland Pease @peaseroland.bsky.social · Oct 11
Science in Action on the BBC World Service celebrated its 50th birthday in 2014, but sadly won't be around to celebrate its 61st next month.
#BudgetCuts

Let's hope Quirks & Quarks reaches a healthy old age.🎉🍾🎉

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Dr. Judith Hubbard @judithgeology.bsky.social · Oct 11
This makes me so sad! My favorite media interviews were with Science in Action - somehow the conversation just flowed, and I got unexpected compliments from distant friends and colleagues who happened to tune in. The world needs more in-depth, accessible coverage of science, not less.
peaseroland.bsky.social Roland Pease @peaseroland.bsky.social · Oct 11
Science in Action on the BBC World Service celebrated its 50th birthday in 2014, but sadly won't be around to celebrate its 61st next month.
#BudgetCuts

Let's hope Quirks & Quarks reaches a healthy old age.🎉🍾🎉
denis-gilbert.ca Denis Gilbert 🌎 @denis-gilbert.ca · Oct 10
CBC Radio's science show 'Quirks & Quarks' celebrated its 50-year anniversary in a fun episode that invited experts to discuss the last 50 years of research in cosmology, genetics, climate, computers, agriculture and speculate on the next 50 years! 🧪

www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...

#SciComm #Science

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British Geological Survey @bgs.ac.uk · Oct 8
Calling students from 14 - 19!

BGS & @bas.ac.uk are offering a 2 week virtual work experience event from 27 to 31 October.

We hope this will introduce students to the wonders of Earth sciences & the fascinating & varied careers available.

Apply:
sites.google.com/view/ctcport...
A graphic which says 'virtual program (Zoom) 27 - 31 October 2025), CTC x BAS BGS 2025, autumn virtual work experience week. Open to UK residents ages 14 - 19 (whether in school, college or not currently studying). Three logos are bottom right and to the left is a picture of safety goggles in a lab setting

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Jenni Barclay @volcanojenni.bsky.social · Oct 7
We’re advertising a PhD studentship for folks with good knowledge of Caribbean culture and society, with background in geography, human geography, humanities or interdisciplinary geosciences as part of our @leverhulme.ac.uk funded ‘volcanic histories’ project
Summary of what the PhD student will do. QR code in bottom LHS. Project part of our Leverhulme Trust funded project volcanic histories and the student will examine the cultural markers and response to to volcanic activity across the Eastern Caribbean. Understand local ways of knowing and remembering volcanic activity. Integrate scientific. And community knowledge for DRR - joining an interdisciplinary team from several universities.

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Scripps Institution of Oceanography @scrippsocean.bsky.social · Oct 6
🪐 On this Day of Action to Save #NASA Science, we’re highlighting how space and Earth sciences go hand-in-hand. Scripps Oceanography researchers partner with NASA to study how our planet is changing from sea to space. Here’s an out-of-this-world roundup of some recent projects. 🧵⬇️
A color image of Earth taken by NASA’s Earth Polychromatic Imaging Camera (EPIC), a four megapixel CCD camera and telescope.

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Jenni Barclay @volcanojenni.bsky.social · Oct 1
Just registered up for @vmsg.bsky.social ‘s Annual meeting at NOC in Southampton 🌋🌋🌋 January 5th-7th 2026 . Check it out! Anyone else coming ?

noc-events.co.uk/VMSG-volcani...
Volcanic and Magmatic Studies Group | NOC Events
noc-events.co.uk

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Jamie Farquharson @farquharson.bsky.social · Sep 30
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...

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Isobel Yeo @isobelyeo.bsky.social · Sep 30
Great to see @mikeaclare.bsky.social @noc.ac.uk quoted in this piece in the Guardian today www.theguardian.com/news/2025/se... about the Hunga Volcano eruption and the subsequent telecommunications outage in 2022.
Extremely offline: what happened when a Pacific island was cut off from the internet | Samanth Subramanian
A colossal volcanic eruption in January 2022 ripped apart the underwater cables that connect Tonga to the world – and exposed the fragility of 21st-century life
www.theguardian.com

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Jenni Barclay @volcanojenni.bsky.social · Sep 26
Missives is also being performed in Birmingham. www.beinghumanfestival.org/events/missi...

Funded by @beinghumanfest.bsky.social and #AHRC Featuring @davidmpyle.bsky.social & @3sresearchgroup.bsky.social and a mystery guest volcanologist at each venue!
Missives - Birmingham
A crisis unravelling in letters. Many enquiries have tried to ‘learn lessons’ from crises provoked by natural hazards. Often, disaster is rooted in the misfiring communication and stalled decision-mak...
www.beinghumanfestival.org

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Jenni Barclay @volcanojenni.bsky.social · Sep 26
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Volcanic crises! Archives! The ‘real story’ between the lines.

We’re performing a ‘staged reading’ and exploring two crises on #montserrat - with two wonderful playwrights as part of #beinghumanfestival. Come see us in London and also 1/2
Missives - London
A crisis unravelling in letters. Many enquiries have tried to ‘learn lessons’ from crises provoked by natural hazards. Often, disaster is rooted in the misfiring communication and stalled decision-mak...
www.beinghumanfestival.org

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Jenni Barclay @volcanojenni.bsky.social · Sep 26
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volcanojenni.bsky.social Jenni Barclay @volcanojenni.bsky.social · Sep 26
You could try @polarrobs.bsky.social ! He was chatting ice bits in my feed this morning!

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Jenni Barclay @volcanojenni.bsky.social · Sep 26
You could try @polarrobs.bsky.social ! He was chatting ice bits in my feed this morning!

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Jenni Barclay @volcanojenni.bsky.social · Sep 25
2/2 www.beinghumanfestival.org/events/missi... London.

Each venue features a mystery 🫆 guest volcanologist 🌋joining the Missives team to share the stage! So much to like!
Missives - London
A crisis unravelling in letters. Many enquiries have tried to ‘learn lessons’ from crises provoked by natural hazards. Often, disaster is rooted in the misfiring communication and stalled decision-mak...
www.beinghumanfestival.org

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Jenni Barclay @volcanojenni.bsky.social · Sep 25
www.beinghumanfestival.org/events/missi...

Often, disaster is rooted in the misfiring communication and stalled decision-making when volcanoes 🌋 threaten to erupt.
Our staged reading cracks open the closed pages of the archives to find those roots.

We are in Birmingham (9th November) and… 1/2
Missives - Birmingham
A crisis unravelling in letters. Many enquiries have tried to ‘learn lessons’ from crises provoked by natural hazards. Often, disaster is rooted in the misfiring communication and stalled decision-mak...
www.beinghumanfestival.org

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Jimmy Kimmel @jimmykimmel.com · Sep 24
As I was saying…
Jimmy Kimmel is Back!
YouTube video by Jimmy Kimmel Live
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The Rivers Trust @theriverstrust.bsky.social · Sep 19
🎉 Big River Watch starts today!

After a summer of challenging weather, it's time to check in on our rivers.

📱Download the Big River Watch app
⏱️Spend just 15 minutes by the river
👀Share what you see in a survey

You've got until 25th of September to take part💙

theriverstrust.org/big-river-watch

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Tracy Bale @thebalelab.bsky.social · Sep 18
Fantastic piece in Nature Reviews Neuro by @nicolecrust.bsky.social on the importance of science communication. My take? Everything matters - just do something. It will make a difference for how science is valued and trusted, how community understands. Let's get out there and communicate! 👏
The unexpected value of communicating science to the public
Nature Reviews Neuroscience - As a group, our scientific community has a responsibility to unpack the ‘what’ and ‘why’ behind our work for the public, not least because much...
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Univ. Bristol Volcanology Group @bristolvolcanology.bsky.social · Sep 17
We are advertising for a 3-year "Senior Research Associate in Volcanic Petrology and Stratigraphy". Part of a Leverhulme-funded interdisciplinary research grant "Volcanic Histories", focused on research in the Eastern Caribbean.

Closing: October 15th
www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...