Presentation at the largest volcano conference

Presentation at the largest volcano conference

July 16, 2025

On July 3, 2025, our habilitation candidate and guest lecturer from DLR Dr. Simon Plank presented a study on the evolution of newly born volcanic islands at the largest international conference of the volcano science community, the Scientific Assembly of the International Association of Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earth’s Interior IAVCEI 2025 in Geneva.

An introduction video about the presented study is available on the IAVCEI 2025 YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdB8P2n8cS4

For more details about the study, please check our publication in the journal Scientific Reports: “The evolution of the 2022–2024 eruption at Home Reef, Tonga, analyzed from space shows vent migration due to erosion” by Simon Plank, Emanuele Ciancia, Nicola Genzano, Alfredo Falconieri, Sandro Martinis, Hannes Taubenböck, Nicola Pergola and Francesco Marchese.

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