XClose

UCL News

Home
Menu

How geologists use the 'heartbeat of the earth' to understand volcanic islands

3 February 2023

Dr Ana Ferreira (UCL Earth Sciences) shares her research using listening devices on the sea bed. The instruments can help reveal how volcanic islands like the Canaries are formed by recording the audible movements that occur deep below the Earth's crust.

Listen: BBC Radio 4 'Inside Science' (from 16 mins, 56 secs)