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Living the life 1: Things are going great…
Friend: “How are things?” PhD Student: “Meh…” What not to say! Image credit: Jorge Cham, PhD Comics When muttered to most PhD students* those three words often conjure up thoughts of contempt and...
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Living the life 2: socials, sports and salvation
Most people enjoy a drink with friends, or taking part in some of their favourite exercise. And PhD students are no different (at least in that respect…). In fact, the flexibility of most PhD programs...
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Science Snap (3): Earth’s biggest volcano?
The newly discovered submarine Tamu Massif (pictured below), approximately 1500 km east of Japan, has been proposed as the world’s largest volcano. At ~450 km x 650 km it dwarfs Mauna Loa of Hawaii by...
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Science Snap (8): White Island erupts!
Originally posted on the EGU blog network White Island is a small volcano roughly 30 miles off the coast of the Bay of Plenty in New Zealand. It is part of the Taupo Volcanic Zone, which is also home...
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What’s up in Bolivia?
Originally posted on the EGU blog network To many, Bolivia is just an unassuming landlocked country in South America, perhaps most famous for its coca tea obsession and ‘gap yah’ alpaca wool sweaters....
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“I’m a scientist, get me out of here…!”
Having had just over a week to recover I can finally begin to look back on what were two incredible weeks of “I’m a scientist, get me out here” excitement! To the uninitiated, think academia meets...
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Conference Diaries: VMSG Meeting 2014
Originally posted on the EGU blog network The Volcanic and Magmatic Studies Group (VMSG) is a combined specialist group of the Mineralogical Society of Great Britain & Ireland, and the Geological...
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Science Snap (#18): Tragic Sinabung Eruption
Originally posted on the EGU blog network Last Saturday (1st February 2014) an eruption at Sinabung volcano in Indonesia claimed the lives of 14 people. That death toll has since risen to 16, and could...
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Things I wish I knew when I started my PhD…
As the academic year begins again, new PhD students across the country (and further) are slowly settling into their fresh surroundings. I stayed at the same university when I made the switch to...
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Science Snap (#33): Earth Science Week
Earth Science Week is an international initiative to promote the great work that goes on in the geoscience community. It encompasses a huge range of topics; from dinosaurs to glaciers, and volcanoes to...
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