David Pyle

Photograph of some bricks, one of which is made from yellow clay with the partial impression [RU]FFORD [STOU]RBRIDGE, near the colonial-era bakery building on Pigeon Island, St Lucia.

Photograph from Fort Rodney, St Lucia, of Signal Peak, Pigeon island. Bright red flowers of the Flamboyant trees in the foreground.

Colonial-era yellow firebrick, manufactured by Rufford & Co., Stourbridge, and imported to #StLucia where it was used in the bakery near Fort Rodney, Pigeon Island.

Rosetta West Gerald speaking at a podium in front of a slide on the Montserrat Murals tour

Director of the Montserrat Tourism Authority, Rosetta West Gerald highlighting the #Montserrat Mural Tour; featuring four murals created in 2023 during the Curating Crises project curatingcrises.omeka.net/exhibits/sho...

Photograph of Rosetta West Gerald at a podium presenting on tourism opportunities on Montserrat.

Photograph of Sherene James-Williamson at a podium talking in front of a slide titled geosite, geopark and geoheritage.

Closing presentations at #SHV30 on the themes of geoheritage, and imagining new opportunities for volcano tourism and geopark development on the island of #Montserrat.

Subtweet incoming.. an administration that designs a form required for ‘entry’ that contains 74 mandatory questions is an administration that has either forgotten its purpose, or that doesn’t actually want engagement.

Photographic view across the sea of southern Montserrat, with the hazy green hill of the Soufriere Hills Volcano in the background, blue sky and clouds above.

Soufriere Hills Volcano, Montserrat, with a haze descending across the buried city of Plymouth. #SHV30

Photograph of Reuben Meade at the podium, reflecting on his times as Chief Minister and Premier.

Current Montserrat Premier, Reuben T Meade, with his vision for the future. ‘Montserrat Still Home, Still Nice, Still Paradise’. #SHV30

Photograph of Frank Savage in a pink shirt and linen jacket, and the Honourable Reuben T Meade, adjusting the microphone, on a stage in front of the SHV30 banner. Savage explains ‘my business suit is still on holiday in Antigua’.

Frank Savage - Governor in 1995 - and Reuben Meade - Chief Minister in 1995 - with reflections on the start of the eruptive crisis in 1995. #SHV30

Photograph of Dr Graham Ryan, director of the Montserrat Volcano Observatory standing in front of the SHV30 banner at the opening ceremony of the Soufrière Hills 30 years on conference, Montserrat

Photograph of Dr Pat Joseph, director of the UWI seismic research centre, in front of a slide of volcano education and outreach projects on St Vincent, during the opening plenary lecture at SHV30, Montserrat

Photograph of a discussion panel, sitting in front of the SHV30 banner. Left to right, Prof Richie Robertson (UWI SRC), Prof Jenni Barclay (University of Bristol), the Honorable Dr Keith Rowley (former prime minister, Trinidad and Tobago) and Dr JC Komorowski (head of observatories, IPGP).

Turning magma into momentum - #SHV30 kicks off on the island of Montserrat, marking the 30th anniversary of the start of the Soufriere Hills Volcano eruption. @mvoupdates.bsky.social

Oxford North launches Engage STEAM programme with IF Oxford, Modern Art Oxford, Creation Theatre and Fusion Arts | News | Oxford North Oxford North, the new global innovation district in Oxford, has launched Engage, its art, culture, social value and legacy programme which focuses on STEAM...

Oxford North, the city's new £700m innovation district, has launched Engage, its art, culture and legacy programme focusing on STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts & mathematics). It will be delivered by IF Oxford, in collaboration with Modern Art Oxford, Creation Theatre & Fusion Arts.

RIP volcanologist Wes Hildreth, dead in a Nevada car crash south of Mina. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wes_Hil...

On 25 June 1997, pyroclastic flows from a sudden dome collapse at Soufrière Hills devastated several villages. 19 lives were lost, and 5 others severely injured. We remember them today and reflect on the impact of this tragic event in our shared history. #Montserrat #SHV30

“Geology, it turns out, may have foiled one of the most audacious American air operations in recent memory.”

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...

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...

Natural History Museum to display rare dog-sized dinosaur The dinosaur was mislabelled and misunderstood - but scientists now realise how special it is.

Nice article on our new little dino, Enigmacursor mollyborthwickae, named today by @tweetisaurus.bsky.social and me, and to be unveiled in a new permanent display @nhm-london.bsky.social tomorrow: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

#SHV30 is bringing the world to #Montserrat!

Participants from 15+ countries — including Jamaica, Argentina, Italy, UK, USA, New Zealand & more — will gather to reflect, reconnect & look ahead.

🗓️ July 14–18, 2025
🎟️ Register: www.mvo.ms/shv30

SHV30 Field Trip Feature: Montserrat Community Murals Tour!

Explore the north through murals that tell stories of culture, memory & resilience. Art meets volcanic history.

Be part of SHV30: www.mvo.ms/shv30
#SHV30

Screenshot of a part of the front page of SeismiCity News, Volume 1, Issue 1, dated January 24, 1997. This newsletter was jointly produced by the Montserrat National Trust and the Montserrat Volcano Observatory, and documented the continuing eruptions of the Soufriere Hills Volcano. The headline in this issue is 'Rapid Dome Growth Causes Pyroclastic Flows', and describes the growth of the lava dome during December 1996 and January 1997. The digital copies of the newsletter are held in the Digital Library of the Caribbean, dLoC.

Great to see the first outcomes of a digital archives project led by Martin Mahony @ueaenv.bsky.social, with #Montserrat National Trust, @mvoupdates.bsky.social @dlocaribbean.bsky.social @nationalarchives.gov.uk.web.brid.gy

Here is 'SeismiCity News', from 1997 to 1998 dloc.com/title-sets/A...

The Speaker of the House of Commons Sir Lindsay Hoyle addresses a full room in speaker’s house, with many representatives from the Montserratian community in the UK and Montserrat. Hoyle was the first speaker to visit Montserrat.

Marking the 30th anniversary of the start of Soufriere Hills volcanic eruption (July 1995), with a reception in the Speaker’s rooms, Westminster

We are looking for a new researcher @UoBEarthSciences ! (36 months funded) if you like 🌋, are good at analysing. 🪨 and enjoy working in large collaborations. Then come and join us! This post is an important part of a new UK NERC funded Large Grant..

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Photograph of Hugh Jenkyns (University of Oxford; left) receiving the Lyell Medal from Geological Society President, Jon Gluyas.

.. delighted to see recognition for Hugh Jenkyns (@oxuniearthsci.bsky.social) who published his first paper in 1967, discovered Ocean Anoxic Events in the 1970s, and is still publishing papers on the Jurassic today!

Photograph of Prof Jenny Collier, Imperial College, accepting the Murchison Medal, in front of an image of Jenny inspecting an instrument on board a research ship

Photograph of Prof Kate Hendry, British Antarctic Survey, accepting the Bigsby Medal, in front of an image of Kate on a small boat on Antarctica

Photograph of Kathryn Goodenough, British Geological Survey, accepting the Coke Medal

Photograph of Clive Oppenheimer, University of Cambridge, receiving the R H Worth Award from Geological Society President Jon Gluyas

Lovely afternoon at the @geolsoc.bsky.social celebrating the annual awards. Congratulations to all the award winners and medalists! Here’s a selection of photos of just a few of the awardees..

Solving the sulfur isotope discrepancy in Central America Sulfur has considerable leverage on the redox budget of subducted materials due to its presence as both sulfide (S2−) and sulfate (S6+). Recent work h…

Congratulations @allypeccia.bsky.social on your great new paper on sedimentary sulphur inputs to subduction-zones! ⚒️

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

We (Tim Coulson & Syma Khalid) are launching a new science podcast. We will discuss recently published work of world leading scientists in an accessible and non-technical style. Topics will include, AI, search for alien life, latest treatments for diseases, quantum computers, science of football.

YouTube video by Science Of The Times Podcast Science Explainer : Mount Etna eruption #mountetna

Our latest science explainer is out! Syma chats with world renowned volcanologist, David Pyle, about the latest eruption of Mount Etna.@sykhalid.bsky.social @davidmpyle.bsky.social @streamingspires.bsky.social @timcoulson.bsky.social @stannescollege.bsky.social

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IAVCEI Awards 2025 – Thorarinsson Medal

We are honored to present the Thorarinsson Medal for 2025 to Prof. Dr. Lionel Wilson. As IAVCEI’s highest distinction, this award acknowledges Professor Wilson’s lifelong, transformative contributions to understanding volcanic processes.

IAVCEI Awards 2025 – George Walker Award

We are delighted to award the George Walker Award for 2025 to Dr. Claire Harnett @claireharnett.bsky.social . Dr. Harnett is recognized for her innovative research and significant contributions to the understanding of volcanic hazards and processes.

IAVCEI Awards 2025 – Fisher Medal

We are proud to announce that the Fisher Medal for 2025 is awarded to Prof. Dr. Paraskevi Nomikou. This honor recognizes her pioneering contributions to marine volcanology, particularly in seafloor mapping and the study of submarine volcanic processes.

IAVCEI Awards 2025 – Wager Medal

We are pleased to announce that the Wager Medal for 2025 is awarded to Dr. Teresa Ubide @teresaubide.bsky.social . Dr. Ubide is recognized for her pioneering work in igneous petrology and for advancing our understanding of crystal-scale magmatic processes.

Portrait of Mary Anning in her green cloak and straw bonnet tied with a red ribbon.

Portrait of John Phillips, the hair round his balding head somewhat disheveled.

Extract of letter from Mary Anning to John Phillips: 'Sir I have sent you all the Belemnites I can collect, but have not time to study their distinctive characters, trust that such as they are, that they will be illustrative enough for yr purpose, I cannot well charge less than one pound for them.'

Extract of text from Phillips's belemnite monograph: 'I possess some half-dozen individuals of this species from Lyme Regis, some of which were collected by myself from the Belemnite-bed, under Golden Cap; others supplied by Miss Anning, probably from the same locality.

2 June 1835: #MaryAnning tells geologist John Phillips of King's College, London 'I have sent you all the Belemnites I can collect, but have not time to study their distinctive characters...I cannot charge less than one pound for them'. Phillips later cites these in his 1860s belemnite monograph.

Simulated surface temperatures in the SW Indian Ocean from Vogt-Vincent & Johnson (2023)

Eagle Ray Over Coral Reef Credit: Single Fin Photo / Ocean Image Bank

Photograph of the Department of Earth Sciences at the University of Oxford.

I'm *very* excited to be joining the Department of Earth Sciences and St Hugh's College at the University of Oxford as Associate Professor of Climate Science! I will be setting up the Connected Ocean Lab, focusing on ocean-climate drivers of marine connectivity and past & future ecosystem dynamics.