The secrets of Vulcan: the hidden world of underwater volcanoes

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Did you know that the majority of volcanic eruptions - maybe even 90% - occur under water and of which we are largely unaware?

There remains a very great deal we don't know about volcanoes, but many exciting new insights are emerging from ongoing research.

In this talk Professor Chris MacLeod, a marine geologist from Cardiff University's School of Earth and Environmental Sciencess, will show how advances in technology are gradually opening our eyes to the diverse wonder of submarine volcanoes, and how study of such volcanism is advancing our understanding of the workings of the planet.

Volcanoes - all you need to know series

This lecture series will encompass the diversity of volcanoes, their functioning and products, together with the nature of eruptions and their attendant problems of predictions plus their ensuing past and present environmental and biological impacts.

Did you know that the majority of volcanic eruptions – maybe even 90% – occur under water and of which we are largely unaware? There remains a very great deal we don't know about volcanoes, but many exciting new insights are emerging from ongoing research.

Should you require the Q&A sessions to be in Welsh, please email edwardsd2@cardiff.ac.uk at least two weeks before the event.

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