Project Blogs
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VolcanoCakes: the UEA50 Eruptions of Confection
Baking, Cakes, Volcanoes
Cakes! Very tasty cakes! One of the most remarkable features of the UEA50 Festival was…
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Practically Perfectly Predicted Saturday Eruption
Eventfx ltd, Volcanic eruption
Our little mini Merapi having one of its mild explosive eruptions. We can’t be sure…
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Myth or Magma?
Hawaii, Kilauea, Myths, Volcano
Hawaii’s vibrant mythology is populated by violent, emotional gods. But behind the fantasy could lie…
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Volcanoes: How close is too close?
Hazard, Risk, Volcanoes
Volcanoes are incredible to see and visit, but unfortunately they also kill people. Eruptions have…
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Volcanoes: A Plant’s-eye View
Biodiversity, Evolution, Plant, Volcanic ash, Volcano
This post was written by Amelia Frizell-Armitage, a plant scientist at UEA and John Innes…
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The birth of a (Norfolk) volcano
Construction, Fireworks, Uea, Volcano
Well, aren’t we all very relieved at Team Norfolk Firework Volcano? Our volcano has been…
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Five Reasons for our Firework Volcano Choice
Culture, Geology, Volcano
So why did we choose Mount Merapi as our firework volcano? We had a number…
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Merapi: Mountain of Fire
Eruption, Geology, Volcano
The Indonesian archipelago is dotted with 145 active volcanoes, more than half of which have…
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Volcano cakes 101
Baking, Cake, Volcano
The Norfolk Volcano Team has a problem – we’re slightly obsessed with cakes. In fact…
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Volcanoes in Literature: Mt. Etna in Rose Tremain’s Journey to the Volcano
Eruption, Journey to the volcano, Literature, Mount etna, Rose tremain, Uea, University of east anglia, Volcano, Volcanoes
Cover of Journey to the Volcano (Piper) We recently looked at Philip Pullman’s The Firework-Maker’s…
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Mount Fuji and the World’s Oldest Sci-Fi Story: The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter
Japan, Mount fuji, Myths, Sci-fi, The tale of the bamboo cutter, Volcano, Volcanoes
Japan is one of the most volcanic countries on the planet. It boasts over 100…
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Monday Volcano Roundup
Build, Cake, Chickens, Mauna loa, Olympus mons, Tamu massif, Volcano
There isn’t long to go until we erupt our firework volcano, so things are getting…
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Chipmunks, candy volcanoes and mad scientists: Top 5 Volcano ‘Kid’ movies
Films, Kid's movies, Volcanoes
You’ve got to love a trier! Undeterred by Keith’s masterful account of volcanoes on Film…
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Mt. Merapi in Literature: Philip Pullman’s The Firework-Maker’s Daughter
Fireworks, Mount merapi, Myths, Philip pullman, The firework-maker's daughter, Volcano, Volcanoes
The Firework-Maker’s Daughter (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Volcanoes are among the most dramatic and interesting features…
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Monday Volcano Roundup
Build, Citizen science, Io, Jupiter, Rome, Volcano
Last week we made a big step forward in building the volcano. A couple of…
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Blacksmith Gods and Angry Giants: What Greek Mythology tells us about Volcanoes
Greek, Mount etna, Myths, Outreach, Volcano, Volcanoes
Myths are one of humanity’s oldest methods of understanding and responding to the environment. Long…
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Monday Volcano Roundup
Japan, Jon stone, Kagoshima, Mauna loa, Mount sakurajima, Norfolk, Sakurajima, Volcano
It’s 40 days to go until Norfolk’s first ever firework volcano erupts, but where is…
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WhatStyle? different types of eruption – what are they and how do we describe them?
When designing the Norfolk Firework Volcano, we had to think about different styles of eruption…
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Monday Volcano Roundup
Fireworks, Indonesia, Make@uea, Perseids, Rokatenda, Trailer
Last week we released our first teaser trailer, created by make@uea, a video production facility based…
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50 days till 50 years of UEA!
Education, Environmental science, Uea, Volcanoes
It’s exactly 50 days until we mark the 50th anniversary of UEA with the Anniversary…
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A Lovesick Giant: The Marriage of Literature and Science
A giant love story, Iceland, Myths, Natural disasters and hazards, Volcano
Last we week we interviewed candidates for the ‘Literature Outreach Coordinator’ Internship that we were offering.…
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Pretend volcanoes; real science
Explosions, Home science, Volcano experiments
The UEA volcanologists are in a pretty astonishing and unusual position. We know our Norfolk…
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Monday Volcano Roundup
Fireworks, Japan, Mount bromo, Uea50, Yadnya kasada festival
This week we’ve been trying to finalise the other activities that will take place on…
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On Dangerous Ground? Volcanoes in Film & Television
Disaster movies, Dr. who, Film, James bond, Star trek, Star trek into darkness, Star wars episode iii: revenge of the sith, Television, Volcanoes
Given the plots that have featured in films and TV programmes over the years, the…
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Monday Volcano Roundup
Build progress, Gis, Moutn merapi, Uea50, University of east anglia
You may have noticed that we have a new look for our blog, twitter and…
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Making a volcano: why we need to get topography right
Gis, Hazard, Topography, Volcano
I’m starting to feel like an old fart. In this Google-Earth-enabled, saved-by-SatNav world I sometimes…
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Monday Volcano Roundup
Cocktails, Fireworks, Mount redoubt, Screaming volcanoes, Tungurahua, Volcano
Last week was pretty exciting for us at Norfolk Firework Volcano headquarters: we chose a…
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So, why aren’t there any volcanoes in Norfolk?
Norfolk, Volcano
There are many reasons why we’re building our firework volcano, but another reason is there…
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Monday Volcano Roundup
Andy murray, British museum, Mexico, Popocatépetl, Volcano
We’ve been a little quiet over here at Norfolk Firework Volcano headquarters – but that’s…
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Monday Volcano Roundup
Cake, Chocolate, Costumes, Eruption, Monday roundup, Pavlov, Volcanoes
At Team Norfolk Firework Volcano, we thought that each week we should try and help…
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Volcanoes, Myths and Literature – summer internship applications open!
Outreach, Primary school, Uea, Volcano
Are you a student at UEA and would you like to get involved with Norfolk’s…
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A Party Volcano?
Fireworks, University of east anglia, Volcano
This year the University of East Anglia celebrates 50 splendid years. As part of the…
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