{"id":882,"date":"2013-02-28T15:05:30","date_gmt":"2013-02-28T15:05:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/all-geo.org\/volcan01010\/?p=882"},"modified":"2013-02-28T16:17:20","modified_gmt":"2013-02-28T16:17:20","slug":"two-years-of-volcan01010-highlights-of-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/volcan01010\/2013\/02\/two-years-of-volcan01010-highlights-of-2012\/","title":{"rendered":"Two years of volcan01010: Highlights of 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This week is the second anniversary of volcan01010.\u00a0 With this post, I want to give an overview of what I have been writing about over the past year.\u00a0 If you are new to the blog, then it should give you an idea of what it is all <a href=\"http:\/\/all-geo.org\/volcan01010\/about\/\" target=\"_blank\">about<\/a>: Volcanoes, Iceland and (geo)scientific computing.<\/p>\n<h3>Volcan:<\/h3>\n<p>The volcano posts of this year, as last year, are quite Icelandy.\u00a0 They cover specific aspects of the recent Gr\u00edmsv\u00f6tn and Eyjafjallaj\u00f6kull eruptions, as well has some general volcanology themes.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/all-geo.org\/volcan01010\/2012\/04\/an-icelandic-eruption-100-times-more-powerful-than-eyjafjallajokull\/\" target=\"_blank\">An Icelandic eruption 100 times more powerful than Eyjafjallaj\u00f6kull<br \/>\n<\/a><em>A feature-length post explaining how the outcome of a big Icelandic explosion may not be as bad as you imagine.\u00a0 If you read anything from last year, read this one.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Ten swimming pools of travel chaos\" href=\"http:\/\/all-geo.org\/volcan01010\/2012\/08\/ten-swimming-pools\/\">Ten swimming pools of travel chaos<br \/>\n<\/a><em>For all the trouble that it caused, the volume of Eyjafjallj\u00f6kull magma that formed the ash that reached Europe was actually quite small.<\/p>\n<p><\/em><em> <\/em><em> <\/em><em> <\/em><em> <\/em><em> <\/em><em> <\/em><em> <\/em><em> <\/em><em> <\/em><em> <\/em><em> <\/em><em> <\/em><em> <\/em><em> <\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/all-geo.org\/volcan01010\/2012\/12\/gas-makes-subglacial-rhyolite-explode\/\">Gas, not ice, makes subglacial rhyolite explode<br \/>\n<\/a><em>A feature-length post explaining why volcanoes explode, with an icy twist.\u00a0 This is one of the posts that I started the blog in order to write.<\/p>\n<p><\/em><em> <\/em><em> <\/em><em> <\/em><em> <\/em><em> <\/em><em> <\/em><em> <\/em><em> <\/em><em> <\/em><em> <\/em><em> <\/em><em> <\/em><em> <\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/all-geo.org\/volcan01010\/2012\/05\/happy-anniversary-grimsvotn\/\">Happy Anniversary Gr\u00edmsv\u00f6tn<br \/>\n<\/a><em>How variable wind directions split the Gr\u00edmsv\u00f6tn plume and showed that real volcanic eruptions are always more complicated than the theory suggests.<em> <\/em><\/p>\n<p><\/em><em> <\/em><em> <\/em><em> <\/em><em> <\/em><em> <\/em><em> <\/em><em> <\/em><em> <\/em><em> <\/em><em> <\/em><em> <\/em><em> <\/em><em> <\/em><em> <\/em><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Sounds of the Underground\" href=\"http:\/\/all-geo.org\/volcan01010\/2012\/03\/sounds-of-the-underground\/\">Sounds of the Underground<\/a><br \/>\n<em>Sped up seismic data lets you &#8216;hear&#8217; earthquakes and eruptions from an earthworm&#8217;s point of view.\u00a0 Hear Colima volcano sing.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I spent 18 weeks of last year on fieldwork in Iceland.\u00a0 It was busy, but I managed a few posts from the field.\u00a0 For 3 weeks, I had <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/al_monteith\">@al_monteith<\/a> with me, so check out his blog for more <a href=\"http:\/\/alasdairmonteith.blogspot.co.uk\/2012\/07\/iceland-round-up.html\">Iceland fieldwork photos<\/a> and stories.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Fieldwork update: Progress map, river crossings and bulldozers\" href=\"http:\/\/all-geo.org\/volcan01010\/2012\/07\/fieldwork-update-progress-map-river-crossings-and-bulldozers\/\">Fieldwork update: Progress map, river crossings and bulldozers<br \/>\n<\/a><em>Campervan river crossings, pumice quarry bulldozers and lots of dots on the map.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Iceland horse fun\" href=\"http:\/\/all-geo.org\/volcan01010\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/iceland_horses2.jpg\">Iceland horse fun<br \/>\n<\/a><em>Iceland horses have a lot of personality &#8211; a postcard from the field.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Glacier of the mountains of the islands\" href=\"http:\/\/all-geo.org\/volcan01010\/2012\/07\/glacier-of-the-mountains-of-the-islands\/\">Glacier of the mountains of the islands<br \/>\n<\/a><em>Why is Eyjafjallaj\u00f6kull called Eyjafjallaj\u00f6kull?<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"A visual estimate of the proportions of mixtures: pumice vs. lithics\" href=\"http:\/\/all-geo.org\/volcan01010\/2012\/09\/pumicelithicsproportions\/\">A visual estimate of the proportions of mixtures: pumice vs. lithics<br \/>\n<\/a><em>A true volcan01010 post &#8211; explaining the rocks amongst the pumice and Python code to make charts of different proportions.<\/em><a title=\"A visual estimate of the proportions of mixtures: pumice vs. lithics\" href=\"http:\/\/all-geo.org\/volcan01010\/2012\/09\/pumicelithicsproportions\/\"><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>01010:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/all-geo.org\/volcan01010\/2012\/04\/conference_posters_with_scribus\/\" target=\"_blank\">Science conference posters with Scribus<br \/>\n<\/a><em>An open source desktop publishing program.\u00a0 The post includes a template that imagines what The Stone Roses would take to a bands conference.<\/p>\n<p><\/em><em> <\/em><em> <\/em><em> <\/em><em> <\/em><em> <\/em><em> <\/em><em> <\/em><em> <\/em><em> <\/em><em> <\/em><em> <\/em><em> <\/em><em> <\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/all-geo.org\/volcan01010\/2012\/11\/change-coordinates-with-pyproj\/\" target=\"_blank\">Easily change coordinate projection systems in Python with pyproj<br \/>\n<\/a><em>A quick guide to reprojecting coordinates into whatever system you want.\u00a0 It includes code that calculates the letters in British National Grid references.<\/p>\n<p><\/em><em> <\/em><em> <\/em><em> <\/em><em> <\/em><em> <\/em><em> <\/em><em> <\/em><em> <\/em><em> <\/em><em> <\/em><em> <\/em><em> <\/em><em> <\/em><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Processing ARSF remote sensing data with open source GIS tools\" href=\"http:\/\/all-geo.org\/volcan01010\/2013\/01\/processing-arsf-remote-sensing-data-with-open-source-gis-tools\/\">Processing ARSF remote sensing data with open source GIS tools<br \/>\n<\/a><em>Some hints for getting started with the open source GRASS GIS with examples from real data.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I also still get lots of hits on my <a href=\"http:\/\/all-geo.org\/volcan01010\/2011\/11\/all-the-software-a-geoscientists-needs-for-free\/\" target=\"_blank\">All the software a geoscientist needs. For free!<\/a> post, which is good as this is another of the posts that I always wanted to write.<\/p>\n<h3>General geology \/ Environment:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/all-geo.org\/volcan01010\/2012\/06\/on-the-geology-of-prometheus\/\">On the geology of Prometheus<br \/>\n<\/a><em>Prometheus was partly filmed in Iceland, but how much actually made it onto the big screen.\u00a0 Not much!<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Insight into climate debate at the Volcanism and the Atmosphere conference\" href=\"http:\/\/all-geo.org\/volcan01010\/2012\/06\/aguvolcatm\/\">Insight into climate debate at the Volcanism and the Atmosphere conference<br \/>\n<\/a><em>How volcanoes influence the climate, and an interesting look at the debates at the cutting-edge of climate science.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"UK Environment Advisor's talk on climate change\" href=\"http:\/\/all-geo.org\/volcan01010\/2012\/12\/environment-advisor-climate-talk\/\">UK Environment Advisor&#8217;s talk on climate change<br \/>\n<\/a><em>A very clear but alarming talk outlining the climate-related troubles ahead.\u00a0 No hype, no dramatic music, and no cute baby polar bears, but lots of convincing data.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Stories from 2011<\/h3>\n<p>If you liked any of these, there is another batch in the <a href=\"http:\/\/all-geo.org\/volcan01010\/2012\/02\/one-year-of-volcan01010\/\">One year of volcan01010<\/a> post.<\/p>\n<h3><a title=\"Insight into climate debate at the Volcanism and the Atmosphere conference\" href=\"http:\/\/all-geo.org\/volcan01010\/2012\/06\/aguvolcatm\/\"> <\/a>Coming up in 2013<\/h3>\n<p>It&#8217;s been a busy year.\u00a0 I managed to write something new at least once per month this year and I hope to keep that pace through the next year.\u00a0 When you follow loads of journalists on Twitter it makes your productivity feel really low, but they don&#8217;t have maps to make, samples to analyse or students to teach!\u00a0 Some things in the pipeline include the results of the <a href=\"http:\/\/all-geo.org\/volcan01010\/2011\/05\/ash-sampling\/\">Gr\u00edmsv\u00f6tn 2011 public sticky tape sampling<\/a> exercise and a video on how to use Python for science.\u00a0 Stay tuned.<\/p>\n<h3>Subscribe, then tell all your friends<\/h3>\n<p>The best way to follow volcan01010 is to subscribe to the <a href=\"http:\/\/all-geo.org\/volcan01010\/feed\/\" target=\"_blank\">RSS feed<\/a>.\u00a0 If you\u2019ve never heard of RSS, <a href=\"http:\/\/netforbeginners.about.com\/od\/rssandlivewebfeeds\/f\/rss.htm\" target=\"_blank\">read this guide<\/a>.\u00a0 It lets you keep track of posts that you have read and tells you when a new one is out.\u00a0 You can also follow me on Twitter (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/volcan01010\" target=\"_blank\">@volcan01010<\/a>).\u00a0  This way you get updates with other news and links that I think are  cool.\u00a0 Remember that you can also find old posts on the <a href=\"http:\/\/all-geo.org\/volcan01010\/every-post-ever\/\" target=\"_blank\">Every Post Ever<\/a> page.<\/p>\n<p>Volcan01010 now has 459 followers on Twitter (up from 201 last year), and in the last 12 months  the blog scored 20,897 page views from 10,961 unique visitors in 147  countries (with the vast majority in the UK and USA).\u00a0 The numbers of hits are similar to the previous year, but there were no eruptions in Iceland this year (during the eruption in May 2011, the <a href=\"http:\/\/all-geo.org\/volcan01010\/2011\/05\/grimsvotn-eruption-frequently-asked-questions\/\" target=\"_blank\">Gr\u00edmsv\u00f6tn eruption &#8211; Frequently Asked Questions<\/a> pulled in 1,400 hits in a single day).\u00a0 Traffic comes in more steadily now and is spread across more posts.\u00a0 It is satisfying that there hasn&#8217;t been a single day in the past six months when fewer than 10 people visited the blog.<\/p>\n<p>If you find the blog interesting or useful, then please tell all your  friends.\u00a0 Then tell them to tell all their friends, too.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 1px;height: 1px;overflow: hidden\">scientist talking to a load of other scientists.\u00a0 There is no hype, no  dramatic music, and no cute baby polar bears.\u00a0 There are only data,  graphs and trying to understand what they all mean.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week is the second anniversary of volcan01010.\u00a0 With this post, I want to give an overview of what I have been writing about over the past year.\u00a0 If you are new to the blog, then it should give you &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/volcan01010\/2013\/02\/two-years-of-volcan01010-highlights-of-2012\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-882","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/volcan01010\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/882","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/volcan01010\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/volcan01010\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/volcan01010\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/volcan01010\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=882"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/volcan01010\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/882\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":904,"href":"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/volcan01010\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/882\/revisions\/904"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/volcan01010\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=882"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/volcan01010\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=882"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/volcan01010\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=882"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}