Azores
Research Roundup: Destruction of a coastal volcanic cone by waves in western Faial, Azores
Research and impact 21 September 2020
PhD student Zhongwei Zhao’s research has revealed how erosion by waves is destroying a volcanic cone in the Azores, first quickly and then more slowly. We highlight two recent publications that Zhongwei has contributed to, with implications that include the possibility of predicting erosion trends and the creation of shallow banks and guyots in reef‐less mid‐oceanic archipelagos.
Investigating earthquakes in the Azores
Research and impact 12 February 2020
Dr Neil Mitchell told us about his role as Principal Investigator of a NERC project (Natural Environment Research Council), helping to mobilise a set of seismometers to put out on the seabed around the site of a swarm of earthquakes in the Azores, just west of Faial Island. The earthquakes may signify a volcanic eruption on the seabed…