Mike Clare
@mikeaclare.bsky.social
Marine Geoscientist at the National Oceanography Centre, UK. All views my own. He/Him
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Mike Clare
@mikeaclare.bsky.social
· Jun 4
Our new paper on volcanoes and the subsea cable network, led by @mikeaclare.bsky.social, is out today in Bulletin of Volcanology. Get it here: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Volcanic eruptions and the global subsea telecommunications network - Bulletin of Volcanology
When the first transoceanic telegraph cables were laid in the mid-1800s, rapid communication between continents became possible. The advent of fibre-optic submarine cables in the 1990s catalyzed a glo...
link.springer.com
Really pleased to see our paper out assessing volcanic hazards for subsea cables and what we can learn from instances of damage dating back to the 1883 eruption of Krakatau that cut a critical telegraph cable and up to the present day
Check out our new volume in Philosophical Transactions of The Royal Society- ‘Sedimentology of plastics: state of the art and future directions’. Thanks to Gary Hampson, Ian Kane, Catherine Russell, Matthew Jackson, Sarah Gabbott & the authors. royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/... @noc.ac.uk
Sedimentology of plastics: state of the art and future directions | Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences
Plastic waste is now a ubiquitous sedimentary material, from the polar ice caps to
the deep ocean. Determining the physical and chemical properties, transport pathways
and accumulation sites of plasti...
royalsocietypublishing.org
October 23, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Check out our new volume in Philosophical Transactions of The Royal Society- ‘Sedimentology of plastics: state of the art and future directions’. Thanks to Gary Hampson, Ian Kane, Catherine Russell, Matthew Jackson, Sarah Gabbott & the authors. royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/... @noc.ac.uk
Another exciting PhD opportunity with @isobelyeo.bsky.social, me and others on Mapping Hydrothermal Fluid Flow in Earth’s Most Explosive Volcanoes…
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Anatomy of a Caldera: Integrated Mapping of Hydrothermal Fluid Flow in Earth’s Most Explosive Volcanoes at University of Southampton on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - Anatomy of a Caldera: Integrated Mapping of Hydrothermal Fluid Flow in Earth’s Most Explosive Volcanoes at University of Southampton, listed on FindAPhD.com
www.findaphd.com
October 15, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Another exciting PhD opportunity with @isobelyeo.bsky.social, me and others on Mapping Hydrothermal Fluid Flow in Earth’s Most Explosive Volcanoes…
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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It was a huge privilege to contribute to this plan for the future of marine science infrastructure and the final report is a huge community effort. The UK have long been world leaders in marine hazards research and long may it continue!
📢 New expert commentary from @isobelyeo.bsky.social
Check out 3rd instalment in a series exploring ‘A UK Science Requirements Framework for Future Marine Research Infrastructure’
🌋 Dr Yeo @noc.ac.uk highlights UK's global leadership in marine hazard science
🔗 fmri.ac.uk/news/navigat...
#FMRI
Check out 3rd instalment in a series exploring ‘A UK Science Requirements Framework for Future Marine Research Infrastructure’
🌋 Dr Yeo @noc.ac.uk highlights UK's global leadership in marine hazard science
🔗 fmri.ac.uk/news/navigat...
#FMRI
October 7, 2025 at 7:11 PM
It was a huge privilege to contribute to this plan for the future of marine science infrastructure and the final report is a huge community effort. The UK have long been world leaders in marine hazards research and long may it continue!
Come do an exciting new PhD project with fieldwork in the Caribbean and S Pacific working on understanding what happens when powerful lahars enter the ocean - with me, @isobelyeo.bsky.social at @noc.ac.uk
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Assessing the impacts of ocean-entering lahars: A globally-important but poorly-understood process at University of Southampton on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - Assessing the impacts of ocean-entering lahars: A globally-important but poorly-understood process at University of Southampton, listed on FindAPhD.com
www.findaphd.com
October 15, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Come do an exciting new PhD project with fieldwork in the Caribbean and S Pacific working on understanding what happens when powerful lahars enter the ocean - with me, @isobelyeo.bsky.social at @noc.ac.uk
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Was great to spend a day with INGV looking at lahar and debris avalanche deposits on the slopes of Mt Etna and discussing land to ocean transport processes. Really inspiring to see these deposits in the field with local experts!
The best thing about this job is that you get to keep learning. Absolutely incredible day looking at landslide and lahar deposits off Etna with amazing INGV scientists and @mikeaclare.bsky.social (who always teaches me things I don’t know about sediments).
October 1, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Was great to spend a day with INGV looking at lahar and debris avalanche deposits on the slopes of Mt Etna and discussing land to ocean transport processes. Really inspiring to see these deposits in the field with local experts!
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Great to see @mikeaclare.bsky.social @noc.ac.uk quoted in this piece in the Guardian today www.theguardian.com/news/2025/se... about the Hunga Volcano eruption and the subsequent telecommunications outage in 2022.
Extremely offline: what happened when a Pacific island was cut off from the internet | Samanth Subramanian
A colossal volcanic eruption in January 2022 ripped apart the underwater cables that connect Tonga to the world – and exposed the fragility of 21st-century life
www.theguardian.com
September 30, 2025 at 5:51 AM
Great to see @mikeaclare.bsky.social @noc.ac.uk quoted in this piece in the Guardian today www.theguardian.com/news/2025/se... about the Hunga Volcano eruption and the subsequent telecommunications outage in 2022.
www.nationalgeographic.com/science/arti... Interesting article on the 2025 Santorini seismic crisis in Nat Geographic w quotes from @isobelyeo.bsky.social and others discussing the excellent new Nature paper by Jens Karstens, Marius Isken & co
This year thousands of mysterious earthquakes hit Santorini. Scientists finally know why.
During the quakes, researchers were able to track dangerous magma in real time.
www.nationalgeographic.com
September 25, 2025 at 6:24 PM
www.nationalgeographic.com/science/arti... Interesting article on the 2025 Santorini seismic crisis in Nat Geographic w quotes from @isobelyeo.bsky.social and others discussing the excellent new Nature paper by Jens Karstens, Marius Isken & co
Get your abstracts in and get registered for VMSG 2026 in Southampton! It’s going to be a great event with some excellent workshops across a range of topics @vmsg.bsky.social
The Volcanic and Magmatic Studies Group (VMSG) Annual Meeting will be hosted by NOC and the University of Southampton, at our waterfront campus 5th - 7th January 2026.
REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN! Please see the meeting website for details and to register here:
noc-events.co.uk/VMSG-volcani...
REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN! Please see the meeting website for details and to register here:
noc-events.co.uk/VMSG-volcani...
Volcanic and Magmatic Studies Group | NOC Events
noc-events.co.uk
September 20, 2025 at 7:10 AM
Get your abstracts in and get registered for VMSG 2026 in Southampton! It’s going to be a great event with some excellent workshops across a range of topics @vmsg.bsky.social
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Seminar 3 recording: @mikeaclare.bsky.social (NOC, UK) on offshore hazards caused by lahars 🌋🌧️ entering the ocean.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDVe...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDVe...
3.1 Mike Clare - Offshore hazards and sediment fluxes resulting from ocean-entering lahars
YouTube video by Seafloor Explorer Seminar Series
www.youtube.com
September 1, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Seminar 3 recording: @mikeaclare.bsky.social (NOC, UK) on offshore hazards caused by lahars 🌋🌧️ entering the ocean.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDVe...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDVe...
Awesome fieldwork in the UK Lake District seeing welded ignimbrites, subaqueous volcaniclastic density current deposits, autobreccias & lots of soft sediment deformation in and around ancient caldera fill sequences. Scoping future ideas with @isobelyeo.bsky.social @noc.ac.uk @vmsg.bsky.social
September 13, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Awesome fieldwork in the UK Lake District seeing welded ignimbrites, subaqueous volcaniclastic density current deposits, autobreccias & lots of soft sediment deformation in and around ancient caldera fill sequences. Scoping future ideas with @isobelyeo.bsky.social @noc.ac.uk @vmsg.bsky.social
Amazing talk by @isobelyeo.bsky.social bringing together loads of collaborative research on volcanic hazards from the 2022 Hunga eruption and what we can tell from the deposits left behind at @iavcei.bsky.social @ukri.org
July 3, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Amazing talk by @isobelyeo.bsky.social bringing together loads of collaborative research on volcanic hazards from the 2022 Hunga eruption and what we can tell from the deposits left behind at @iavcei.bsky.social @ukri.org
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A really great end to this lahars focussed mini session at @iavcei.bsky.social by @mikeaclare.bsky.social from @noc.ac.uk presenting work on lahars offshore and their huge sediment loads funded by the Sustainable Blue Economies Program.
July 1, 2025 at 9:33 AM
A really great end to this lahars focussed mini session at @iavcei.bsky.social by @mikeaclare.bsky.social from @noc.ac.uk presenting work on lahars offshore and their huge sediment loads funded by the Sustainable Blue Economies Program.
Reposted by Mike Clare
Our new paper on volcanoes and the subsea cable network, led by @mikeaclare.bsky.social, is out today in Bulletin of Volcanology. Get it here: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Volcanic eruptions and the global subsea telecommunications network - Bulletin of Volcanology
When the first transoceanic telegraph cables were laid in the mid-1800s, rapid communication between continents became possible. The advent of fibre-optic submarine cables in the 1990s catalyzed a glo...
link.springer.com
June 4, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Our new paper on volcanoes and the subsea cable network, led by @mikeaclare.bsky.social, is out today in Bulletin of Volcanology. Get it here: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Excellent talk by @isobelyeo.bsky.social at SubOptic25 in Lisbon talking about how to enhance the resilience of small islands telecoms infrastructure to natural hazards, after she convened an interesting session on Marine Operations @noc.ac.uk
June 4, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Excellent talk by @isobelyeo.bsky.social at SubOptic25 in Lisbon talking about how to enhance the resilience of small islands telecoms infrastructure to natural hazards, after she convened an interesting session on Marine Operations @noc.ac.uk
Really pleased to see our paper out assessing volcanic hazards for subsea cables and what we can learn from instances of damage dating back to the 1883 eruption of Krakatau that cut a critical telegraph cable and up to the present day
Our new paper on volcanoes and the subsea cable network, led by @mikeaclare.bsky.social, is out today in Bulletin of Volcanology. Get it here: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Volcanic eruptions and the global subsea telecommunications network - Bulletin of Volcanology
When the first transoceanic telegraph cables were laid in the mid-1800s, rapid communication between continents became possible. The advent of fibre-optic submarine cables in the 1990s catalyzed a glo...
link.springer.com
June 4, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Really pleased to see our paper out assessing volcanic hazards for subsea cables and what we can learn from instances of damage dating back to the 1883 eruption of Krakatau that cut a critical telegraph cable and up to the present day
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A great second day at SubOptic 2025, including a fascinating talk by @mikeaclare.bsky.social @noc.ac.uk on the challenges of cable fault attribution and how hazards are not always coincident with events.
June 3, 2025 at 11:35 AM
A great second day at SubOptic 2025, including a fascinating talk by @mikeaclare.bsky.social @noc.ac.uk on the challenges of cable fault attribution and how hazards are not always coincident with events.
Do you have a passion for marine geohazards and want a permanent job? Join us!
We’re hiring! Come and work wit @mikeaclare.bsky.social and me at @noc.ac.uk. We’re recruiting for an open-ended position in marine geohazards.
careers.noc.ac.uk/vacancy/rese...
careers.noc.ac.uk/vacancy/rese...
Careers | National Oceanography Centre
careers.noc.ac.uk
June 2, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Do you have a passion for marine geohazards and want a permanent job? Join us!
Check out an excellent interview with @isobelyeo.bsky.social @noc.ac.uk on BBC Radio 5 discussing recent eruptions at Axial Seamount, how new crust forms at mid ocean ridges, and a need to monitor submarine volcanoes -from 02:49 onwards www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Naga Munchetty - Steffan Powell sits in - BBC Sounds
Steffan Powell features news, experiences, and big name interviews from around the UK.
www.bbc.co.uk
May 20, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Check out an excellent interview with @isobelyeo.bsky.social @noc.ac.uk on BBC Radio 5 discussing recent eruptions at Axial Seamount, how new crust forms at mid ocean ridges, and a need to monitor submarine volcanoes -from 02:49 onwards www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Nice discussion of our paper led by Harya Nugraha in The Conversation on large submarine landslides and how some can grow much larger due to erosion, and summarising the relevance for Indonesia theconversation.com/longsor-bawa... Original paper in GEOLOGY pubs.geoscienceworld.org/gsa/geology/...
Longsor bawah laut: Ancaman pemicu tsunami dalam senyap
Longsor bawah laut bisa membesar hingga 13 kali lipat saat meluncur—dan data seismik refleksi memberi peluang untuk mengenali bahayanya sebelum berubah jadi bencana.
theconversation.com
May 13, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Nice discussion of our paper led by Harya Nugraha in The Conversation on large submarine landslides and how some can grow much larger due to erosion, and summarising the relevance for Indonesia theconversation.com/longsor-bawa... Original paper in GEOLOGY pubs.geoscienceworld.org/gsa/geology/...
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Listen to the much more fun than me @sofiadellasala.bsky.social from @oxuniearthsci.bsky.social talking about our Santorini expedition and her packing challenges here.
🎙️ New #podcast! How can #robots investigate underwater #volcanoes? 🌋🤔
We chat to Sofia Della Sala @oxuniearthsci.bsky.social about her recent #fieldwork #expedition to #Santorini 🛳️
🎧: www.oxfordsparks.ox.ac.uk/podcasts/how...
@sofiadellasala.bsky.social @ukri.org @ox.ac.uk
We chat to Sofia Della Sala @oxuniearthsci.bsky.social about her recent #fieldwork #expedition to #Santorini 🛳️
🎧: www.oxfordsparks.ox.ac.uk/podcasts/how...
@sofiadellasala.bsky.social @ukri.org @ox.ac.uk
April 30, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Listen to the much more fun than me @sofiadellasala.bsky.social from @oxuniearthsci.bsky.social talking about our Santorini expedition and her packing challenges here.
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Really enjoyed being interviewed on @bbc5live.bsky.social this afternoon about @noc.ac.uk led @ukri.org funded work on submarine volcanic eruptions. If you want to hear more about underwater robots and my secret lair then give it a listen from about 2hrs 13 minutes in.
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Naga Munchetty - 29/04/2025 - BBC Sounds
Naga Munchetty features news, experiences, and big name interviews from around the UK.
www.bbc.co.uk
April 29, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Really enjoyed being interviewed on @bbc5live.bsky.social this afternoon about @noc.ac.uk led @ukri.org funded work on submarine volcanic eruptions. If you want to hear more about underwater robots and my secret lair then give it a listen from about 2hrs 13 minutes in.
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
New paper led by Ricarda Gatter of MARUM shows the value of micro-CT scanning, revealing surprisingly fine-scale porosity changes which has wide application to landslide & subsurface fluid flow assessments. Based on work started at @noc.ac.uk in 2020 agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...
Micro‐Scale Characterization of Marine Sediment Structures: The Potential and Challenges of X‐Ray μCT Imaging
Synchrotron X-ray μCT reveals small-scale heterogeneity in sediment structures that is missed by standard geotechnical tests
Pore space distribution in natural marine sediments is highly spatiall...
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
April 28, 2025 at 5:49 PM
New paper led by Ricarda Gatter of MARUM shows the value of micro-CT scanning, revealing surprisingly fine-scale porosity changes which has wide application to landslide & subsurface fluid flow assessments. Based on work started at @noc.ac.uk in 2020 agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...
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If you’re interested in knowing more about our work in Santorini here is me talking for two and a half minutes about what we’ve been doing and hope to achieve. Put together by our magnificent Comms Team and filmed by the brilliant Dan Bourne. m.youtube.com/watch?v=6jFc... @noc.ac.uk @ukri.org
News Splash: Unlocking the Role of High-Temperature Fluids in Explosive Volcanic Eruptions
YouTube video by National Oceanography Centre
m.youtube.com
April 22, 2025 at 9:34 AM
If you’re interested in knowing more about our work in Santorini here is me talking for two and a half minutes about what we’ve been doing and hope to achieve. Put together by our magnificent Comms Team and filmed by the brilliant Dan Bourne. m.youtube.com/watch?v=6jFc... @noc.ac.uk @ukri.org
Great to see this research covered by the BBC - looking forward to seeing what we discover from all the data that were collected last month! Nice work by @isobelyeo.bsky.social on radio and TV interviews!
April 21, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Great to see this research covered by the BBC - looking forward to seeing what we discover from all the data that were collected last month! Nice work by @isobelyeo.bsky.social on radio and TV interviews!
Our new paper shows what happens when a major glacial lake outburst reaches the ocean, led by Lewis Bailey and supported by @ukri.org @noc.ac.uk
In Nov 2020 a landslide into a glacial lake in BC triggered a tsunami & glacial lake outburst flood & eventually a large turbidity current in the sea. In this @jgrearthsurface.bsky.social paper, we look at the sea surface turbidity that resulted.
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/... 🧪⚒️
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/... 🧪⚒️
April 14, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Our new paper shows what happens when a major glacial lake outburst reaches the ocean, led by Lewis Bailey and supported by @ukri.org @noc.ac.uk