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Presentations and talks

Volcanoes as Global Catastrophic Risks

Lara Mani presented on the global risk posed by volcanic eruptions during the Effective Altruism Global London Conference. (From ~12 minutes).

How real is the return of a volcanic winter?

Mike Cassidy presented a talk for a business conference called 'Tipping points' in Lithuania 2023.

Relevant news articles

We have appeared in magazine, newspaper, radio and documentary interviews including:

Are We Ready for the Next Massive Volcano?

Nautilus Magazine

Malacca Strait: How one volcano could trigger world chaos

BBC Future

Even Small Volcanic Eruptions Could Create Global Chaos

WIRED

Are volcanoes more dangerous than asteroids?

BBC Newsday

People Need to Think Bigger About Volcanic Catastrophes

EOS

One in six chance of a massive volcanic eruption this century

The Times

Une "chance" sur six qu’une méga-éruption volcanique impacte l’ensemble du climat de la planète, un risque presque ignoré

Sciences et Avenir

Es ‘hora de prepararse’ para las súpererupciones volcánicas, advierten expertos

Nat Geo En Espanol

Super-volcanoes: just when you thought things couldn’t get any worse, here comes lavageddon

The Sunday Times

Minor volcanic eruptions at Vesuvius and Santorini could cause a 'domino effect', inducing TSUNAMIS that smash submerged cable networks and seal off the Suez Canal, scientists warn

The Daily Mail Online

Even Minor Volcanic Eruptions Could Cause Global Catastrophe, Study Finds

VICE

Volcanic Eruptions In ‘Vital Infrastructure Hotspots’ Could Spark Global Catastrophe

Forbes

There are 14 supervolcanoes that we know of, what happens when one erupts?

Metro

What happens if a supervolcano blows up?

Kurzgesagt

Mike Cassidy helped with script development for a new short information film on super-eruptions by Kurzgesagt. It has over 8 million views.

The Super-massive Podcast

By the Royal Astronomical Society. On the episode entitled 'The End of the World'. Mike talks (half-way through), about the global catastrophic and existential risk of large magnitude volcanic eruptions and the ways in which we can minimise the impact of such eruptions.

Note: Editing by producers makes it sound like the 1815 Tambora event was a super-eruption, it was a magnitude 7 eruption.