On Friday May 7th, Montserrat Volcano Observatory (MVO) took part in a careers talk with the third form students at Montserrat Secondary School. Alongside Dr. Gregory Julius, Director of Education (MoE), Ms Deonne Semple, Director, Policy & Planning (MFEM) and Mr Kurt DeFreitas Healthcare Development Manager (MoHSS), our education and outreach coordinator Kathleen Retourné spoke … Read More
As part of the Mountain Aglow project, Montserrat Volcano Observatory donated equipment to the three primary schools on Montserrat; Brades, Look Out and St Augustine. This is to support the Grade 5 & 6 students in designing material for their panels for the Mountain Aglow exhibit. Equipment included: Sketch books, pens, pencils, craft material (glitter, pipe … Read More
Montserrat Volcano Observatory teamed-up with Alliouagana Festival of the Word to launch a creative competition with Montserrat Residents. This year the theme was “unrest in Montserrat” and Montserrat residents were asked to submit either a poem, song, newspaper article or poster which covered how the Soufriere Hill Volcanic eruption caused or increased distresses and … Read More
As part of the Mountain Aglow junior project, MVO alongside their project partner Disaster Management Communication Agency (DMCA) ran a series of field trips with the grade 5 and 6 primary school students. In total we had 118 students and 12 teachers accompany us to Plymouth and Montserrat Springs Hotel. For many students this was … Read More
The University of the West Indies, Seismic Research Centre (UWI-SRC) has been leading the response to the volcanic eruption at La Soufriere in St. Vincent & the Grenadines. Staff at the Montserrat Volcano Observatory (MVO) have been providing extensive scientific, technical and administrative support to their colleagues at the UWI-SRC since the beginning of the … Read More
As you would have been aware, due to the health and travel impacts from the global COVID-19 pandemic, the Soufrière Hills Volcano 25 Years On (SHV25) conference that was due to be held in Montserrat last July 2020 was postponed to 12-16 July 2021. The SHV25 Conference Committee considers that we are yet to reach … Read More
Drs. Henry Odbert and Adam Stinton are currently working on an ongoing research project to study the cooling of pyroclastic deposits in order to estimate how long they take to cool to ambient temperatures. They have found that the top surface of pyroclastic deposits cools within weeks, but that the inside can remain hot for … Read More
The have partnered with Montserrat Disaster Management Coordination Agency (DNCA) to work alongside Montserrat’s primary schools showcasing the Mountain Aglow project. The children will have weekly one hour classes learning all about life living alongside an active volcano, how volcanoes work, the importance of disaster management and the creativity that stemmed from the eruption . There … Read More
For Youth Month MVO went to Look Out Primary School to talk about our careers at the MVO. Volcanologist Dr. Karen Pascal spoke about her education and work as a volcanologist, while education and outreach coordinator Kathleen Retourné spoke about the importance of outreach and education to raise awareness of volcanic risk. We were so impressed … Read More
On the weekend of 4 and 5 July 2020, a bush fire occurred on the west side of the Soufriere Hills Volcano, in the Fairfield/Trials/Broderick’s Estate area. Due to the very dry conditions on island for the last few weeks, the fire spread quickly upslope towards the foot of Chance’s Peak, burning approximately 1 square … Read More
