Prof Claire J Horwell
@clairehorwell.bsky.social
Director of the International Volcanic Health Hazard Network (www.ivhhn.org). Professor of Geohealth at Durham University, UK. PI of the FACE-UP Consortium. Working on air pollution & health protection related to volcanoes, cities, industrial exposures etc
Completely! One would have thought these council enforcement officers would have better things to do with their time. The 1990 EPA needs updating/replacing.
October 22, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Completely! One would have thought these council enforcement officers would have better things to do with their time. The 1990 EPA needs updating/replacing.
I think most of the city was buried but there must have been ‘pockets’ that didn’t get completely covered. My guess is that these were on the edge/outside of where the pyroclastic flows traveled.
August 7, 2025 at 6:14 PM
I think most of the city was buried but there must have been ‘pockets’ that didn’t get completely covered. My guess is that these were on the edge/outside of where the pyroclastic flows traveled.
No they are Siberians 😻
July 7, 2025 at 6:01 PM
No they are Siberians 😻
There will be a paper 3 which investigates how the BA009 experience affected the rest of the occupants' lives ... to be submitted soon!
June 3, 2025 at 11:06 AM
There will be a paper 3 which investigates how the BA009 experience affected the rest of the occupants' lives ... to be submitted soon!
*Paper 2* relives the experiences of passengers and crew who were on BA009 in 1982 when the plane flew into an ash cloud.
Meach, R, Horwell, CJ, de Terte, I. 2025. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 124: 105558. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Meach, R, Horwell, CJ, de Terte, I. 2025. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 124: 105558. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
‘All Four Engines Have Failed’: A qualitative study of the health impacts, reactions and behaviours of passengers and crew onboard flight BA009 which flew through a volcanic ash cloud in 1982
This study investigated the experiences, health impacts and behaviours of passengers and crew onboard British Airways flight BA009 which flew through …
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June 3, 2025 at 11:06 AM
*Paper 2* relives the experiences of passengers and crew who were on BA009 in 1982 when the plane flew into an ash cloud.
Meach, R, Horwell, CJ, de Terte, I. 2025. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 124: 105558. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Meach, R, Horwell, CJ, de Terte, I. 2025. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 124: 105558. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
*Paper 1* is a review of these impacts, with recommendations for the aviation industry.
Horwell, C.J. et al. 2025. Physical, psychological and behavioural responses of aircraft occupants to volcanic emissions. Journal of Applied Volcanology, 14(1): 5. appliedvolc.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
Horwell, C.J. et al. 2025. Physical, psychological and behavioural responses of aircraft occupants to volcanic emissions. Journal of Applied Volcanology, 14(1): 5. appliedvolc.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
Physical, psychological and behavioural responses of aircraft occupants to volcanic emissions - Journal of Applied Volcanology
Volcanic eruptions produce plumes of ash, gas and aerosols that present a risk to aviation at all standard flight levels. Here, we investigate atmospheric dispersal of volcanic emissions, whether and ...
appliedvolc.biomedcentral.com
June 3, 2025 at 11:06 AM
*Paper 1* is a review of these impacts, with recommendations for the aviation industry.
Horwell, C.J. et al. 2025. Physical, psychological and behavioural responses of aircraft occupants to volcanic emissions. Journal of Applied Volcanology, 14(1): 5. appliedvolc.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
Horwell, C.J. et al. 2025. Physical, psychological and behavioural responses of aircraft occupants to volcanic emissions. Journal of Applied Volcanology, 14(1): 5. appliedvolc.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
Hi Lucy! I was thinking of you last night when I watched the 1st episode of the Pan Am 103 (Lockerbie) drama on iPlayer. Have you watched it yet? I was even wondering if you'd been an advisor!
May 27, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Hi Lucy! I was thinking of you last night when I watched the 1st episode of the Pan Am 103 (Lockerbie) drama on iPlayer. Have you watched it yet? I was even wondering if you'd been an advisor!
I have a full week with only one formal meeting scheduled. It's incredible! I'm actually getting some stuff done!
May 22, 2025 at 10:32 AM
I have a full week with only one formal meeting scheduled. It's incredible! I'm actually getting some stuff done!
When you wrote Durham, I hope you thought of me in sympathised! It’s just unbelievable. 🤯
May 2, 2025 at 8:31 PM
When you wrote Durham, I hope you thought of me in sympathised! It’s just unbelievable. 🤯
Perhaps, and nobody can dispute that planning for peace is good, but it still doesn’t feel like an appropriate thing to do at anybody’s funeral, let alone the pope’s, or in front of the world’s cameras.
April 26, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Perhaps, and nobody can dispute that planning for peace is good, but it still doesn’t feel like an appropriate thing to do at anybody’s funeral, let alone the pope’s, or in front of the world’s cameras.