@dramydonovan

Interdisciplinary geographer and volcanologist: science, policy, disaster risk... all views my own or recycled from other people!

 Cambridge
geog.cam.ac.uk/people/donovan
Joined November 2012
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ERC_IMAGINE@ErcImagine21 Oct 2024
Archiving 50,000 years of Misti's explosive history: Mission accomplished! 🎉🌋 #Misti #Volcano #Stratigraphy #Epoxy
Ingemmet colleague Nelida Manrique at the opening of the exhibition at the INDECI Risk Centre in Arequipa on 21 October 2024.

ALT Ingemmet colleague Nelida Manrique at the opening of the exhibition at the INDECI Risk Centre in Arequipa on 21 October 2024.

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Max Van Wyk de Vries@Max_VWDV1 Oct 2024
Interested in joining our group here in Cambridge and doing a PhD on large-scale remote-sensing, multihazard analysis and modelling, or other hazard/risk projects? We have various funding schemes for local & international students, due in early December. Get in touch to discuss.
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This is a shame given how important interdisciplinary working has become both in academia and outside of it. It is also sad for those who will miss out on the joy of thinking in different/plural ways! And as Steve says, thinking across domains is critical for societal progress.
Steve Brace
@SteveBraceGeog15 Aug 2024
One point highlighted by @BritishAcademy_ , is decline of students combining arts & humanities with sciences. This is a shame as these subjects are important & a successful society & economy needs generalist equipped to think creatively across boundaries theguardian.com/commentisfre…

The Guardian view on A-level results day: great expectations have been met | Editorial

Editorial: Strong results and high numbers of university acceptances are reasons to be cheerful, though troubling inequalities remain

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The PhD Place
@ThePhDPlace9 Aug 2024
This is important. How to reduce feelings of physical and mental fatigue during your PhD.
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A cartoon from the webcomic XKCD. A teetering piles of bricks of different sizes representing 'all modern digital infrastructure'. At the bottom right an arrow points to a small brick supporting the whole structure: 'A project some random person in Nebraska has been thanklessly maintaining since 2003'.

ALT A cartoon from the webcomic XKCD. A teetering piles of bricks of different sizes representing 'all modern digital infrastructure'. At the bottom right an arrow points to a small brick supporting the whole structure: 'A project some random person in Nebraska has been thanklessly maintaining since 2003'.

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*Cronch* I ran over a rock and found crystals inside! It's pure sulfur. (And no, it doesn’t smell.) Elemental sulfur is something we’ve never seen before on Mars. We don't know much about these yellow crystals yet, but my team is excited to investigate. go.nasa.gov/4bPdSow
A close-up photo taken by the Curiosity rover shows pure yellow sulfur crystals within a rock the robot drove over. Surrounding the yellow crystals is sandy and rust-colored Martian rock. Along the crack in the center are dull yellow crystalline pieces of elemental sulfur.

ALT A close-up photo taken by the Curiosity rover shows pure yellow sulfur crystals within a rock the robot drove over. Surrounding the yellow crystals is sandy and rust-colored Martian rock. Along the crack in the center are dull yellow crystalline pieces of elemental sulfur.

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UNDRR
@UNDRR18 Jul 2024
🌊 9 out of 10 disasters are water-related. These aren't "natural disasters" - they can be avoided through human decisions & action: 🌐Better info on water-related losses 🏗️ Resilient infrastructure 📢#EarlyWarningsForAll ➡️ ow.ly/WTKm50SEv0U #SDG6 @UN_Water
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We are absolutely thrilled for former Mistress of #GirtonCollege, @Cambridge_Uni, Professor Susan J Smith @sjs_1869, who will become the thirty-second President of the @BritishAcademy_ in July 2025. Read more here: thebritishacademy.ac.uk/news…
Portrait of Professor Susan J Smith taken by Rii Schroer

ALT Portrait of Professor Susan J Smith taken by Rii Schroer

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The UK has a great deal of expertise in disaster risk and resilience, as well as in public health emergency management. The #CovidInquiry results show the importance of an integrated system that supports resilience building across health and other kinds of risk. /1
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Challenges together to reduce vulnerability and enhance resilience. This was lacking for political reasons - both short term (the 2019 govt in particular) and longer term (austerity). If we want to be in a stronger position next time /7
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Then government must embrace the expertise available to it and listen and learn not only from experts but from other countries and events. We must prepare for a multi hazard, multi risk future, and that should inform what we mean by resilience going forward. /end
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Teresa Ubide@teresaubide18 Jul 2024
📢Job alert! Excited to recruit a post-doc to track magmatic processes leading to porphyry copper mineralisation via high-resolution petrology and geochemistry!! Join us #UQmagmateam @UQ_News in beautiful #Brisbane #Australia 🦘🌋🔬 uq.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/uqc…
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Terrible Maps
@TerribleMaps17 Jul 2024
NWSE Asia
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Paul Bronks
@SlenderSherbet15 Jul 2024
"I hope this email finds you well" How the email found me:
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Rock Lab Strasbourg@LDR_Strasbourg18 Jun 2024
Two-year post-doc in volcanology!🌋 Join @claire_harnett1 at @UCD_Earth_Sci and work on how alteration influences the stability of volcanic structures! This post-doc is part of @ERC_Research Synergy project @ROTTnROCK! To apply, visit ucd.ie/workatucd/jobs/ @VOLCAPSE @MagmaProf
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