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UCL Hazard Centre
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The UCL Hazard Centre in the Department of Earth Sciences at University College London is one of Europe’s leading multidisciplinary academic centres for hazard and risk research, education and knowledge exchange.
Our MSc student Hannah Dixon participated in the eighth UN Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction forum last week. Held in Geneva, the event enabled participants to share new knowledge, exchange best practice and discuss the latest developments in reducing disaster risk. @es-ucl.bsky.social
June 10, 2025 at 2:02 PM
@es-ucl.bsky.social are advertising for a full-time permanent lectureship in Earth Sciences. You can find out more about the position (and apply) here: www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
UCL – University College London
UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).
www.ucl.ac.uk
June 2, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Some of the scenery on our Azores field trip....😍 @es-ucl.bsky.social
May 6, 2025 at 7:24 AM
On the fourth day of our field trip, students learnt about landslide hazards and mitigation at Ribeira Quente. ⛰️ @es-ucl.bsky.social
May 6, 2025 at 7:18 AM
On the third day of our Azores field trip, we learnt about structural controls on volcanism, including the formation and hazards associated with calderas and monogenetic fields. Here is the group stood in Sete Cidades caldera on the western margin of São Miguel. @es-ucl.bsky.social
May 6, 2025 at 7:14 AM
On the second day of our field trip to the Azores, students had a go at taking soil carbon dioxide concentration and flux measurements to investigate soil diffuse degassing, which can be a significant hazard on parts of the island here. @es-ucl.bsky.social
May 6, 2025 at 7:05 AM
On the first day of our MSc Geophysical Hazards field trip to the Azores, our students walked in a lava tube and discussed the hazards associated with lava flows and lava-water interaction. @es-ucl.bsky.social 🌋
May 2, 2025 at 11:10 PM
The education secretary is being urged for climate change to be comprehensively included in the school curriculum, in an open letter sent by subject experts including specialists in @es-ucl.bsky.social. You can read the letter and add your name at: www.globalactionplan.org.uk/news/150-lea...
150 leading climate scientists and academics sign open letter to Bridget Phillipson MP – add your name now
We mobilise people and organisations to take action on the systems that harm us and our planet
www.globalactionplan.org.uk
February 27, 2025 at 2:09 PM
For our final student blog article, Ruby Tavola explores Fiji's vulnerability to Cyclone Winston in 2016. Enjoy: www.ucl.ac.uk/earth-scienc... @es-ucl.bsky.social
Vulnerability to Natural Hazards
Spotlights: Social vulnerability; Hazard exposure and resilience; natural hazards.
www.ucl.ac.uk
February 21, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Our second student blog article by Ella Hunter-Campbell looks at issues of social vulnerability and resilience exposed by the 2003 Bam earthquake in Iran. Check it out here... www.ucl.ac.uk/earth-scienc... @es-ucl.bsky.social
Vulnerability to Natural Hazards
Spotlights: Social vulnerability; Hazard exposure and resilience; natural hazards.
www.ucl.ac.uk
February 20, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Our students have been writing blogs on vulnerability to natural hazards, and this week we will be sharing links to three of them. The first, written by Sébastien Schillé, explores Colombia's vulnerability to the 1985 eruption of Nevado del Ruiz: www.ucl.ac.uk/earth-scienc... @es-ucl.bsky.social
Vulnerability to Natural Hazards
Spotlights: Social vulnerability; Hazard exposure and resilience; natural hazards.
www.ucl.ac.uk
February 19, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Reposted by UCL Hazard Centre
Amid ongoing Santorini unrest, re-plugging our recent pre-print: "Leaky faults modulated magma ascent and seismicity during the 2022 São Jorge (Azores) volcanic unrest"
eartharxiv.org/repository/v...
(featuring @pablojglez.bsky.social @alomaxnet.bsky.social amongst others).
Feedback & ideas welcome
February 10, 2025 at 9:45 AM
We are in Nicosia to present our interdisciplinary project with NYU-Gallatin (learningwithmountainsconference.wordpress.com). We are applying research theatre to explain the nature of unseen natural hazards. Photo shows Ellada Evangelou, Karen Holmberg, Kristin Horton. @es-ucl.bsky.social
February 7, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Reposted by UCL Hazard Centre
We are seeking a Lecturer (Teaching) to act as Deputy Undergraduate Tutor and to assist with delivering our taught programmes (particularly in areas of environmental geoscience and environmental geochemistry).
www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/... Deadline: 14.02.2025
UCL – University College London
UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).
www.ucl.ac.uk
February 3, 2025 at 11:12 AM
New Paper Alert! UCL Hazard Centre affiliate, David Smart, has been investigating Storm Ciarán using a counterfactual analysis. Check out the paper here: rmets.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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Counterfactual analysis of Storm Ciarán from an insurance viewpoint
Storm Ciarán (2023) led to large industry-wide insurance losses, concentrated in northern France, with a smaller contribution from southern UK. In a simplified application of the full version of Core...
rmets.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
February 6, 2025 at 1:55 PM