Emma Watts
@wattsvolcanology.bsky.social
Postdoc at Swansea University researching Japanese Tephra.
PhD investigated volcanism in Afar, Ethiopia 🌋🇪🇹
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PhD investigated volcanism in Afar, Ethiopia 🌋🇪🇹
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Emma Watts
@wattsvolcanology.bsky.social
· Jun 25
Mantle upwelling at Afar triple junction shaped by overriding plate dynamics - Nature Geoscience
The mantle upwelling beneath the Afar rift may be influenced by tectonic processes in the overriding lithospheric plates that shape the distribution of both the compositional heterogeneities and abund...
www.nature.com
New paper alert🚨
In this new article in @natgeosci.nature.com we use a multidisciplinary approach (geochemistry, geophysics and mathematically modelling) to see pulsing in the mantle plume beneath Afar and how the flow varies along the rift See the 🧵 below:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
In this new article in @natgeosci.nature.com we use a multidisciplinary approach (geochemistry, geophysics and mathematically modelling) to see pulsing in the mantle plume beneath Afar and how the flow varies along the rift See the 🧵 below:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Reposted by Emma Watts
Congrats to Rhiannon Rees on publication of her trace element study from Ayelu, Abida and Gabilema volcanoes in the Ethiopian rift
www.frontiersin.org/journals/ear... @sorcerinsar.bsky.social @gernon.bsky.social @wattsvolcanology.bsky.social
www.frontiersin.org/journals/ear... @sorcerinsar.bsky.social @gernon.bsky.social @wattsvolcanology.bsky.social
Frontiers | Melt generation and evolution in the Adda’do rift segment of the Afar rift from trace elements and petrography
Along-rift variations in the stage of continental separation are observed in the northern East African Rift System (EARS), from magma-assisted continental ri...
www.frontiersin.org
July 26, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Congrats to Rhiannon Rees on publication of her trace element study from Ayelu, Abida and Gabilema volcanoes in the Ethiopian rift
www.frontiersin.org/journals/ear... @sorcerinsar.bsky.social @gernon.bsky.social @wattsvolcanology.bsky.social
www.frontiersin.org/journals/ear... @sorcerinsar.bsky.social @gernon.bsky.social @wattsvolcanology.bsky.social
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The ADD-ON project has contributed to understanding the recent eruptive activity at Erta Ale volcano in Afar. See the activity report at
comet.nerc.ac.uk/wp-content/u...
@sorcerinsar.bsky.social @derekkeir.bsky.social @alarosa.bsky.social
comet.nerc.ac.uk/wp-content/u...
@sorcerinsar.bsky.social @derekkeir.bsky.social @alarosa.bsky.social
comet.nerc.ac.uk
July 24, 2025 at 10:37 AM
The ADD-ON project has contributed to understanding the recent eruptive activity at Erta Ale volcano in Afar. See the activity report at
comet.nerc.ac.uk/wp-content/u...
@sorcerinsar.bsky.social @derekkeir.bsky.social @alarosa.bsky.social
comet.nerc.ac.uk/wp-content/u...
@sorcerinsar.bsky.social @derekkeir.bsky.social @alarosa.bsky.social
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We're back for a third season! And now with a new logo and 10 new episodes coming each week over the next few months.
@volcaknowledge.bsky.social has just joined #BlueSky So please give a share and a follow to help us spread the good 🌋 word!
Tomorrow we take you to country FULL of great geology!
@volcaknowledge.bsky.social has just joined #BlueSky So please give a share and a follow to help us spread the good 🌋 word!
Tomorrow we take you to country FULL of great geology!
WELCOME TO VOLCAKNOWLEDGE!
The podcast exploring how volcanoes interact with nature culture and society, featuring new guests every episode. Hosted by @smitchellscience.bsky.social
Season 3 is JUST around the corner!! 🌋 So stay tuned for an exciting first episode with some VERY famous geology...
The podcast exploring how volcanoes interact with nature culture and society, featuring new guests every episode. Hosted by @smitchellscience.bsky.social
Season 3 is JUST around the corner!! 🌋 So stay tuned for an exciting first episode with some VERY famous geology...
July 21, 2025 at 11:55 AM
We're back for a third season! And now with a new logo and 10 new episodes coming each week over the next few months.
@volcaknowledge.bsky.social has just joined #BlueSky So please give a share and a follow to help us spread the good 🌋 word!
Tomorrow we take you to country FULL of great geology!
@volcaknowledge.bsky.social has just joined #BlueSky So please give a share and a follow to help us spread the good 🌋 word!
Tomorrow we take you to country FULL of great geology!
Reposted by Emma Watts
WELCOME TO VOLCAKNOWLEDGE!
The podcast exploring how volcanoes interact with nature culture and society, featuring new guests every episode. Hosted by @smitchellscience.bsky.social
Season 3 is JUST around the corner!! 🌋 So stay tuned for an exciting first episode with some VERY famous geology...
The podcast exploring how volcanoes interact with nature culture and society, featuring new guests every episode. Hosted by @smitchellscience.bsky.social
Season 3 is JUST around the corner!! 🌋 So stay tuned for an exciting first episode with some VERY famous geology...
July 21, 2025 at 11:52 AM
WELCOME TO VOLCAKNOWLEDGE!
The podcast exploring how volcanoes interact with nature culture and society, featuring new guests every episode. Hosted by @smitchellscience.bsky.social
Season 3 is JUST around the corner!! 🌋 So stay tuned for an exciting first episode with some VERY famous geology...
The podcast exploring how volcanoes interact with nature culture and society, featuring new guests every episode. Hosted by @smitchellscience.bsky.social
Season 3 is JUST around the corner!! 🌋 So stay tuned for an exciting first episode with some VERY famous geology...
Reposted by Emma Watts
Our researchers have discovered an unexpected change in the Southern Ocean around Antarctica.
Since 2015, it has lost sea ice equal to the size of Greenland. They found surface waters are becoming saltier, causing more melting.
Find out more 👉 tr.ee/gyaW0b
@sotonoceanearth.bsky.social @esa.int
Since 2015, it has lost sea ice equal to the size of Greenland. They found surface waters are becoming saltier, causing more melting.
Find out more 👉 tr.ee/gyaW0b
@sotonoceanearth.bsky.social @esa.int
July 1, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Our researchers have discovered an unexpected change in the Southern Ocean around Antarctica.
Since 2015, it has lost sea ice equal to the size of Greenland. They found surface waters are becoming saltier, causing more melting.
Find out more 👉 tr.ee/gyaW0b
@sotonoceanearth.bsky.social @esa.int
Since 2015, it has lost sea ice equal to the size of Greenland. They found surface waters are becoming saltier, causing more melting.
Find out more 👉 tr.ee/gyaW0b
@sotonoceanearth.bsky.social @esa.int
If you want to know more about my latest paper on the Afar plume (www.nature.com/articles/s41...) I'm presenting it as a poster today at the IAVCEI conference.
Come chat in the poster session (#147) or just come say hello if you see me about! #iavcei2025
Come chat in the poster session (#147) or just come say hello if you see me about! #iavcei2025
June 30, 2025 at 8:24 AM
If you want to know more about my latest paper on the Afar plume (www.nature.com/articles/s41...) I'm presenting it as a poster today at the IAVCEI conference.
Come chat in the poster session (#147) or just come say hello if you see me about! #iavcei2025
Come chat in the poster session (#147) or just come say hello if you see me about! #iavcei2025
Reposted by Emma Watts
Delighted to see Emma Watts' cool new Nature Geoscience study (with myself, @derekkeir.bsky.social and others) on the Afar plume featured so prominently in @thetimes.com today:
www.thetimes.com/uk/science/a...
@unisouthampton.bsky.social @sotonoceanearth.bsky.social
www.thetimes.com/uk/science/a...
@unisouthampton.bsky.social @sotonoceanearth.bsky.social
How a plume of magma threatens to one day rip east Africa apart
Scientists believe a 3,200-mile crack running from Ethopia to Mozambique will develop over several million years, creating a new ocean and vast island
www.thetimes.com
June 25, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Delighted to see Emma Watts' cool new Nature Geoscience study (with myself, @derekkeir.bsky.social and others) on the Afar plume featured so prominently in @thetimes.com today:
www.thetimes.com/uk/science/a...
@unisouthampton.bsky.social @sotonoceanearth.bsky.social
www.thetimes.com/uk/science/a...
@unisouthampton.bsky.social @sotonoceanearth.bsky.social
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for a nice summary of the work on the pulsing Afar plume by @wattsvolcanology.bsky.social see this article in @newsweek.com
www.newsweek.com/geology-plat...
@gernon.bsky.social @sorcerinsar.bsky.social
www.newsweek.com/geology-plat...
@gernon.bsky.social @sorcerinsar.bsky.social
Magma "heartbeat" is tearing continent apart, geologists discover
"The plume is pulsing," said Earth Science professor Tom Gernon of the University of Southampton.
www.newsweek.com
June 25, 2025 at 10:19 AM
for a nice summary of the work on the pulsing Afar plume by @wattsvolcanology.bsky.social see this article in @newsweek.com
www.newsweek.com/geology-plat...
@gernon.bsky.social @sorcerinsar.bsky.social
www.newsweek.com/geology-plat...
@gernon.bsky.social @sorcerinsar.bsky.social
New paper alert🚨
In this new article in @natgeosci.nature.com we use a multidisciplinary approach (geochemistry, geophysics and mathematically modelling) to see pulsing in the mantle plume beneath Afar and how the flow varies along the rift See the 🧵 below:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
In this new article in @natgeosci.nature.com we use a multidisciplinary approach (geochemistry, geophysics and mathematically modelling) to see pulsing in the mantle plume beneath Afar and how the flow varies along the rift See the 🧵 below:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Mantle upwelling at Afar triple junction shaped by overriding plate dynamics - Nature Geoscience
The mantle upwelling beneath the Afar rift may be influenced by tectonic processes in the overriding lithospheric plates that shape the distribution of both the compositional heterogeneities and abund...
www.nature.com
June 25, 2025 at 10:48 AM
New paper alert🚨
In this new article in @natgeosci.nature.com we use a multidisciplinary approach (geochemistry, geophysics and mathematically modelling) to see pulsing in the mantle plume beneath Afar and how the flow varies along the rift See the 🧵 below:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
In this new article in @natgeosci.nature.com we use a multidisciplinary approach (geochemistry, geophysics and mathematically modelling) to see pulsing in the mantle plume beneath Afar and how the flow varies along the rift See the 🧵 below:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Reposted by Emma Watts
In this new paper in @natgeosci.nature.com by @wattsvolcanology.bsky.social, she uses analysis of seismic and geochemical data to see pulsing of a mantle plume and how it flows along the rift
@wattsvolcanology.bsky.social @sorcerinsar.bsky.social @gernon.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@wattsvolcanology.bsky.social @sorcerinsar.bsky.social @gernon.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Mantle upwelling at Afar triple junction shaped by overriding plate dynamics - Nature Geoscience
The mantle upwelling beneath the Afar rift may be influenced by tectonic processes in the overriding lithospheric plates that shape the distribution of both the compositional heterogeneities and abund...
www.nature.com
June 25, 2025 at 9:59 AM
In this new paper in @natgeosci.nature.com by @wattsvolcanology.bsky.social, she uses analysis of seismic and geochemical data to see pulsing of a mantle plume and how it flows along the rift
@wattsvolcanology.bsky.social @sorcerinsar.bsky.social @gernon.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@wattsvolcanology.bsky.social @sorcerinsar.bsky.social @gernon.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...