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![Rhys and Catriona with members of the AIG conservation team following setup of the survey equipment on board AIG boat Moray. ©AIG/Lorna.](https://www.bgs.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/P1038325-960x640.webp)
In photos: marine surveying a remote volcanic island
A photo blog by members of the BGS Marine Survey team, who recently completed marine surveys around Ascension Island in the South Atlantic Ocean.
![The team on the boat in the shallow waters surrounding Ascension Island. BGS © UKRI.](https://www.bgs.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/drone-boat-aig.webp)
BGS completes first mapping expedition to Ascension Island
BGS marine geoscientists travelled to Ascension Island to support its government with an ongoing, conservation-driven mapping programme.
![Pyroclastic density current deposits from the 18 May 1980 eruption exposed along drainages in the pumice plain. BGS © UKRI](https://www.bgs.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/IMG-20230816-WA0008.jpg)
In photos: a volcanic field trip
Volcanologist Samantha Engwell visited the Cascades in the United States to learn more about the 1980 Mount St Helens volcanic eruption.
![Depth map of Tonga caldera. Source: Shane Cronin / Uni of Auckland / Tonga Geological Services](https://www.bgs.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Tonga_thumbnail.jpg)
One year on: reflections on the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcanic eruption
The eruption of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai Volcano in January 2022 has highlighted a global unpreparedness for the impacts from large-scale global events.
![Volcán Nevado del Ruiz model from 1985 Nevado del Ruiz eruption film series](https://www.bgs.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/volcan-nevado-del-ruiz-960x645.jpg)
Film trilogy wins award and shares experiences of 1985 Nevado del Ruiz eruption
A collaborative film trilogy co-directed by BGS Volcanologist, Dr Anna Hicks, has won the overall 'Dynamic Earth' Theme Award at the Earth Futures Festival 2022.
![A white house and an outbuilding with piles of dark grey tephra around them](https://www.bgs.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/tephra-tacande-sara-osman.jpg)
Building surveys in La Palma during the 2021 volcanic eruption
In December 2021, BGS BUFI student Sara Osman visited La Palma in the Canary Islands to assess buildings damaged during the Cumbre Vieja volcanic eruption. In this blog, she talks about her experiences on the island.
![Volcan_Nyiragongo. Dgmuham, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0, via Wikimedia Commons](https://www.bgs.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Volcan_Nyiragongo.jpg)
Spaceborne data: an expanding role in disaster response
Alessandro Novellino explains the importance of Earth observation to help facilitate successful emergency responses after natural hazard occurrences.
![Eyjafjallajökull eruption, Iceland May 2010](https://www.bgs.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/p731723_web.jpg)
A new BGS platform to model volcanic ash in the atmosphere
BGS has supported the creation of a new modelling platform to aid research workflows around ash dispersion simulation.