This resource is a series of short videos created for schools and colleges to share how the MAGMA Lab at the University of Liverpool uses fieldwork and experiments in the lab to study volcanoes.
Video 1: Welcome to the MAGMA Lab
This video outlines how volcanoes can be studied in the lab and in the field.
Video 2: Caitlin’s unexpected journey from Maths to volcanoes
This short video explains Caitlin Chalk’s fascination with how Maths can benefit society because we can use Maths to potentially save lives by predicting where volcanic eruptions may occur.
Video 3: Travelling through time with the Liverpool MAGMA Lab
In this short video Janine Kavanagh outlines why as a volcanologist she feels as if she is travelling through time as looks at rock outcrops and unravels the stories they tell.
Video 4: Diamond-laden volcanic eruptions
This short video explains how diamonds that formed very deep in the Earth can be brought to the surface by volcanic eruptions.
Video 5: The Liverpool MAGMA Lab in action
In this short video Janine Kavanagh explains why a motivator for working in volcanology is to make a big difference to society and how tackling real-life problems created by volcanoes involves working closely with leading experts in engineering, maths, physics, social sciences, geology and geophysics.
Video 6: Volcano detectives at the University of Liverpool
In this short video Janine Kavanagh outlines how a volcanologist’s work involves problem-solving skills. It explains how by gathering evidence the mystery of how the volcano works can be solved.
More information about the Mechanical and Geological Model Analogues (MAGMA) Lab is on the website: https://www.liverpoolmagmalab.org
