DIAS to host public Volcano outreach day in Carlingford next week

The Geophysics section of the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies (DIAS) are to host a public Volcano outreach day next Wednesday 17 May, at the Foy Centre in Carlingford as part of the Improve Summer School DIAS is running in the north Louth village. 

The Geophysics section of DIAS runs the National Seismic network for Ireland with support from Geological Survey Ireland (GSI). The event, which is open to all members of the public and schools from around the area to attend, is being run by 24 international PhD volcanological students that will be attending the summer school.

The organisers say there will be fun experiments like, an erupting volcano, a real seismometer with which those who take part can see earthquakes made by them when they jump, and they can listen to an underwater volcano erupting.

DIAS is an institution that attracts scholars and academics from around the world, and is the world’s second, and Ireland’s only, Institute for Advanced Studies. 

It conducts and publishes advanced research across three disciplines: Celtic Studies, Theoretical Physics and Cosmic Physics.  DIAS also leads Ireland’s participation in a number of international research endeavours that focus on big unanswered questions for mankind.

The Geophysics Section of DIAS applies geophysical data analysis, computation and methodological developments to gain new insights into processes within the Earth system. Find out more about what they do here.