PhD in Physical Geography | Chartered Geomorphologist | CGeog(Geomorph)
England, United Kingdom
Joined May 2020
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Our paper on gully erosion has just been published as #openaccess in the journal Land Degradation & Development.
Key findings: 1) role of civil war as a gully driver, 2) ways of overcoming the problem of data scarcity in gully research
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
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Feet dangling over Earth at 28000 km/hr. Don’t look down! (Kidding - definitely look down, because Earth is stunningly beautiful).
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Kīlauea has produced 56 lava fountains in just two years. How do USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory geologists measure heights so precisely? A mix of real‑time webcam estimates and detailed timelapse image analysis.
It’s careful, pixel‑by‑pixel science happening behind the scenes of every eruption.
Learn more: usgs.gov/observatories/hvo/n…
New dataset of the first 50 fountains is now public! 🔥 doi.org/10.5066/P14MLKCX
📷: Cameras used to monitor Kīlauea’s lava fountains, shown during episode 44 on April 9, 2026.
#VolcanoWatch #LavaFountain #VolcanoData
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When you're the size and weight of a bull forest elephant, even the rapids at Kongou Falls can't stop you.
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Kīlauea Eruption Update — Episode 56 of lava fountaining!
Another lava fountaining episode at the summit of Kīlauea volcano on the Island of Hawaiʻi, began at 12:10 p.m. HST today, November 5, 2026, and is ongoing.
This is the 56th lava fountaining episode to occur in the summit caldera of Kīlauea, in Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park, since the eruption began on December 23, 2024. It occurs following days of intermittent spatter, low-dome fountains, and lava flows from the eruptive vent complex.
The lava fountains are currently relatively low, an estimated 300 feet high above the vent, but could grow taller. Winds in the eruption area are from the northeast, which suggests that volcanic gas emissions and volcanic material may be distributed to the southwest (primarily in a closed area of Hawaiʻi Volcanoes Nationa Park).
Fountaining episodes typically last 12 hours or less, but ash can remain in the air for longer depending on wind and weather conditions. Watch as this eruption develops on the three livestreaming cameras at Kīlauea summit, available on the USGS Youtube channel: m.youtube.com/@usgs/streams?…
Please stay aware of hazards and rely on official updates from USGS, National Weather Service, and Hawai’i Volcanoes National Park.
🎥 Video of episode 56 on November 10, 2026.
#Kilauea #Eruption #Lava
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This is the story of how Prof. Catherine Acholonu was able to trace the family of Olaudah Equiano all the way to Iseke in Anambra State.
It’s a story that will take you back almost 300 years ago when a young Igbo boy was snatched from his ancestral roots and sold into slavery.
But Olaudah self-educated himself, and wrote a book that remains a bestseller to this day, helping scholars to understand the true human tragedy of slavery.
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AYOOOOOO SOLO SIKOA IS ABSOLUTELY LOSING HIS MIND 💀
BRON BREAKKER IN THE BACKGROUND TRYING NOT TO LAUGH
LMFAOOOOOOOOOOOOO
#WWEPalmSprings
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Kīlauea Eruption Update — Episode 55 of lava fountaining!
After nearly two months since episode 54 of lava fountaining (Aug. 25, 2026), episode 55 of Kīlauea summit lava fountaining began at 3:19 a.m. HST this morning, October 17, and is ongoing.
This is the 55th lava fountaining episode in the Kīlauea summit caldera eruption in Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park that began on December 23, 2024. It occurs following weeks of intermittent spatter, low-dome fountains, and lava flows from the eruptive vent complex. The lava fountain from the north vent reached an estimated 700 feet high above the vent around 5 a.m. Hawaii Standard Time.
The eruptive plume is reaching an estimated 25,000 feet above sea level. According to the National Weather Service, winds are blowing from the north-northeast direction, which suggests that volcanic gas emissions and volcanic material may be distributed to the south-southwest.
Fountaining episodes typically last 12 hours or less, but ash can remain in the air for longer depending on wind and weather conditions.
Please stay aware of hazards and rely on official updates from USGS, National Weather Service, and Hawai’i Volcanoes National Park.
🎥 Video of episode 55 on October 17, 2026.
#Kilauea #Eruption #Lava
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Rare Audio of Young Igbo Men Talking More Than 100 Years Ago (with English
Translation)
Listen to 1 of the oldest recorded Igbo conversations ever preserved. The recording was made in 1911 during the anthropological surveys conducted by Northcote W. Thomas for British government.
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1990. The legend himself, Chief Oliver De Coque (Sunday Akanite) performing live in Los Angeles.
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An intrusion shook Kīlauea’s summit last night, September 30.
Dozens of earthquakes, rapid ground deformation, and shifting activity beneath Halemaʻumaʻu showed that magma was making a new path underground.
Scientists are watching closely and on an overflight this morning, saw that lava is still visible within the north vent.
Learn more: usgs.gov/observatories/hvo/n…
🎥: Video shows lava in the north vent at the summit of Kīlauea during an overflight on October 1, 2026.
#Kilauea #VolcanoWatch #Intrusion
