Question: what volcanos do you explore

Philippa Demonte answered on 18 Jun 2011:

@shane1 I’m currently working at Montserrat Volcano Observatory which is responsible for monitoring Soufriere Hills Volcano. I’ve been out exploring it several times this week with the other scientists here.

Kilauea volcano on Big Island in Hawaii is very special to me, as it erupted several times when I was working at the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory a few years ago!

Last year I had a 2 week field trip to Lanzarote. None of the volcanoes are erupting there at the moment, but we were exploring several sites to try and understand the volcanoes’ structures and how they may have erupted in the past so we can try and forecast how they might erupt in the future. Not many scientists have really explored the Lanzarote volcanoes before, so this was a really exciting trip for me.

I’ve visited several other volcanoes, including Etna and Stromboli in Sicily (next to italy), Kverkfjoll in Iceland, and Mount Nakadake in Japan.

I am also a member of the Volcano Research Group at the University of Leeds. What we discuss each week depends on which volcanoes the other members are doing research on right now. For example one of the members is involved in exploring a volcano in Ethiopia called Erte Ale, whilst another scientist is interested in lahars on Ruapehu in New Zealand. It’s really interesting to talk with the other scientists in the group.

I would really like to explore one of the volcanoes in South America or Indonesia next.