Strengthening resilience in volcanic areas (STREVA)
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Oxford
Department Name: Earth Sciences
Abstract
Please refer to the description on the Lead Institution form
Planned Impact
The impact summary for the overall project is presented on the Lead Institution's forms.
Publications
Barclay J
(2019)
Livelihoods, Wellbeing and the Risk to Life During Volcanic Eruptions
in Frontiers in Earth Science
Biggs J
(2014)
Global link between deformation and volcanic eruption quantified by satellite imagery.
in Nature communications
Chierici F
(2016)
A new method to assess long-term sea-bottom vertical displacement in shallow water using a bottom pressure sensor: Application to Campi Flegrei, Southern Italy
in Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth
Daggitt M
(2014)
AshCalc-a new tool for the comparison of the exponential, power-law and Weibull models of tephra deposition
in Journal of Applied Volcanology
Lachowycz S
(2013)
Long-range correlations identified in time-series of volcano seismicity during dome-forming eruptions using detrended fluctuation analysis
in Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research
Lamb O
(2014)
Multiple timescales of cyclical behaviour observed at two dome-forming eruptions
in Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research
Manley G
(2020)
Understanding the timing of eruption end using a machine learning approach to classification of seismic time series
in Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research
Metz D
(2016)
Ultra-long-range hydroacoustic observations of submarine volcanic activity at Monowai, Kermadec Arc
in Geophysical Research Letters
Nicholson E
(2013)
Cyclical patterns in volcanic degassing revealed by SO2 flux timeseries analysis: An application to Soufrière Hills Volcano, Montserrat
in Earth and Planetary Science Letters
| Title | Volcanoes |
| Description | Six new pieces of music were created by composers, inspired by an exhibition, Volcanoes, held in the Bodleian library, Oxford. The music was premiered in a public performance in May 2017. |
| Type Of Art | Composition/Score |
| Year Produced | 2017 |
| Impact | Five pieces of music were created by A-level music students, who are part of the Oxfordshire County Music system. |
| URL | http://www.st-annes.ox.ac.uk/about/news/item/article/volcanoes-performance-by-st-annes |
| Description | The Strengthening Resilience in Volcanic Areas project (STREVA) was an ambitious project involving multiple partners both in the UK and internationally, who came together to help to improve our capacity to anticipate, plan for and cope with the consequences of volcanic activity. Our geographical focus areas were in Ecuador, Colombia and the Caribbean, and we held a series of successful workshops in Montserrat, Ecuador, St Vincent and Colombia as the project progressed. Many of the main outcomes of the work have been published and shared with wider audiences, and work continues on the completion of some synoptic papers that will encompass the main themes of the project. |
| Exploitation Route | This project has ended, but it has spun off a number of follow-on and related activities, and has been a very successful springboard for many of the researchers employed on the project. |
| Sectors | Communities and Social Services/Policy,Education,Environment,Transport |
| URL | http://STREVA.ac.uk |
| Description | During our project we developed strong working relationships with our international partners, which has contributed to the wider success of the project. Please see our website http://streva.ac.uk for details. Particular impacts of our work have been engaging with discussions on St Vincent on the consequences of past eruptions; and using our shared experience and expertise to develop strategies for planning for future eruptions. The working collaborations that we developed through this project have contributed to our capacity to respond rapidly and coherently to new and emerging events. |
| Sector | Education,Environment,Culture, Heritage, Museums and Collections |
| Impact Types | Cultural,Societal,Policy & public services |
| Description | Continuing collaborations with the Seismic Research Centre, University of the West Indies |
| Organisation | University of West Indies |
| Department | Seismic Research Centre |
| Country | Trinidad and Tobago |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | We continue to work together on elements of the volcanic activity of the La Soufriere volcano, on St Vincent. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Collaboration, sharing of ideas, co-production of papers and reports and sharing of samples. |
| Impact | Multiple papers from earlier phases of the collaboration; one new joint paper on the 2021 eruption. |
| Start Year | 2012 |
| Title | AshCalc |
| Description | A web tool to allow volcanologists to determine the volume of a volcanic deposit from their own field data |
| Type Of Technology | Webtool/Application |
| Year Produced | 2014 |
| Impact | We have shared this tool on V-hub, the main platform for volcano-related software tools, and made it freely accessible to researchers around the world. |
| URL | https://vhub.org/resources/ashcalc |
| Description | Field work on volcanoes and wider engagement |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | I have posted a number of blog posts on volcano-related field work in southern Chile, on my dedicated blog at volcanicdegassing.wordpress.com I have posted pieces both from the field, and to accompany the publication of journal articles, which help to place our work in context. The whole site has now received over 19,000 views, and an international audience of readers. I have used these pieces in a variety of outreach and engagement contexts, and as 'go to' places when I receive enquiries from schoolchildren, teachers and others about working on volcanoes. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013,2014 |
| URL | https://volcanicdegassing.wordpress.com |
| Description | London Volcano |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | More than 2000 school children took part in the activities associated with London Volcano; our web pages and blog posts around the activity have attracted more than 8000 views so far, from an international audience. The London Volcano also helped us to make new connections (e.g. with the senior representatives of the Government of St Vincent, based in their High Commission, London); to strengthen collaborations and community connections on St Vincent (through a live interactive presentation with a class of school children on St Vincent), and so on. We are still gathering this information. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| URL | http://londonvolcano.com |
| Description | NERC Summer of Science 2015 Activities |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | For the NERC 'Summer of Science 2015', we went 'on tour' with the London Volcano model that had been created for the NERC/ESRC 'STREVA' project. The model volcano was the focus of activities and events for 14 days over 4 different physical locations, and staffed by a team of 25 volunteers, including undergraduate students, NERC DTP and other graduate students, NERC-funded postdocs, and researchers. Activities were supported by the education and outreach teams of the British Geological Survey, the Diamond Light Source, and the Oxford University Museum of Natural History (OUMNH). Wider audiences were engaged through the London Volcano Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and wordpress (blog) sites. We gave out thousands of postcards, and hundreds of volcano! stickers to visitors. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| URL | http://londonvolcano.com |
| Description | News article 'why can't we predict when a volcano will erupt' |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Article for 'The Conversation' linking ongoing research into the remote sensing of volcanoes with the results of a new study. This stimulated lots of activity on social media, and over 6400 page reads in the month after publication. Commentators (on social media) included a number of school teachers and university faculty recommending the article to their students. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | https://theconversation.com/why-cant-we-predict-when-a-volcano-will-erupt-53898 |
| Description | Norwich Science Festival 2023 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Creative and engaging hands-on activities and demonstrations around volcanoes, volcanic activity and uncertainty, developed by a multi-institution team led by Prof Jenni Barclay. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | School STEMFEST |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Workshop and talks for Year 10 students to encourage participation in STEM to A-level and beyond |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | School activities and science fairs (Oxford) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | We have a set of engaging and hands-on activities around volcanoes and volcanic activity which we us regularly to engage with primary-school groups, and as demonstrations at science fairs and open days. In 2023, we ran a version of this at the 'Volcano Day' in the Natural History Museum, London as a part of an ongoing collaboration with colleagues at University of East Anglia. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021,2022,2023 |
| Description | Volcanoes - an exhibition |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | I curated a public exhibition to run at Oxford's Weston Library from 10 February 2017 - 21 May 2017. This event attracted a lot of media coverage (print, radio and television), and parallel activities, ranging from workshops to public talks. During the exhibition over 50,000 people visited. Over 100 articles about the exhibition were published in the press, with a notional reach of 200 million potential readers. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | http://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/whatson/whats-on/upcoming-events/2017/feb/volcanoes |
| Description | Volcanoes Top Trumps |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | We designed and released a new game - Volcanoes Top Trumps - first as a pack of cards, and then as an online game. This has had a huge reach (nearly 20,000 people have visited our website in the past 12 months) and generated a lot of interest, worldwide. We have had considerable engagement and enthusiasm from school groups, and are designing educational materials to extend the use of the game in classroom settings. It has already been used widely in class activities across the UK. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013,2014 |
| URL | http://volcanoestoptrumps.org |