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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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