How to Use volcanology in a Sentence

volcanology

noun
  • But volcanology, as a field, has made great leaps since Pinatubo blew its top.
    — Quanta Magazine, 8 May 2026
  • Has research into that event pushed the science of volcanology forward in any way?
    — Robin George Andrews, Quanta Magazine, 8 Nov. 2023
  • What is your proudest/most memorable moment in the field of volcanology?
    — Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 26 July 2011
  • Palmieri’s approach was pioneering at a time when volcanology still straddled science and faith.
    — Alessio Perrone, Scientific American, 16 Aug. 2023
  • The latest alert level can be found on the volcanology institute’s daily bulletin.
    — Time, 15 June 2023
  • What exactly causes volcanoes to erupt is an open question in volcanology.
    — Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 22 Apr. 2020
  • The results of this latest study could also have implications for volcanology and geothermal research.
    — Julissa Treviño, Smithsonian, 17 Apr. 2018
  • The author, a professor of volcanology at Cambridge, certainly would know.
    — Howard Schneider, WSJ, 6 Oct. 2023
  • Katia, a geochemist, and Maurice, a geologist, were at the vanguard of volcanology, which was then in its infancy.
    — Katherine Cusumano, Outside Online, 15 July 2022
  • Accompanied by a magnitude 5+ earthquake and a debris avalanche, the eruption changed the future of volcanology.
    — Alaa Elassar, CNN, 18 May 2020
  • The central Andes of South America is an exciting place to study volcanology.
    — Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 21 July 2011
  • The first couple of volcanology, however, simply recognized each other as soulmates.
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 7 July 2022
  • Icelanders can recite geology and volcanology facts like the alphabet.
    — Hannah Towey, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 July 2024
  • The overarching goal of the science of volcanology is to detect warning signs of an eruption, allowing anyone in danger to protect themselves.
    — New York Times, 18 Mar. 2021
  • Insivumeh, Guatemala’s national institute for volcanology, is warning people to stay away from the volcano’s slopes in case of more pyroclastic flows.
    — Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 4 June 2018
  • Mount Etna's show tapered off on Tuesday night, according to Italy's volcanology institute.
    — Meena Thiruvengadam, Travel + Leisure, 25 Feb. 2021
  • Anak Krakatau first rose above sea level in 1929, according to Indonesia's volcanology agency.
    — Fox News, 17 Dec. 2019
  • Hot volcanic material, including fine cement-like matter and large rocks, moved through gorges on the sides of the mountain, emitting hot gases and carrying tree trunks torn up by the flow, the volcanology institute warned.
    — Anthony Harrup, WSJ, 8 June 2018
  • Yan Lavallée, professor of volcanology at the University of Liverpool, says in a press release.
    — Julissa Treviño, Smithsonian, 17 Apr. 2018
  • Along the way, guides teach riders about the region’s volcanology, history, and hydrology (less than 11 inches of rainfall annually).
    — Nicholas Derenzo, AFAR Media, 16 Sep. 2025
  • This blast and the subsequent eruptions that lasted well into the 1980s inspired the growth of modern volcanology in the United States and beyond.
    — Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 24 Nov. 2021
  • Starting with the 2018 eruption of Kilauea in Hawaii, Andrews jumps back and forth from the past to the present to reveal the history of modern volcanology.
    — Washington Post, 30 Dec. 2021
  • Renato Solidum, the head of the volcanology institute, told The Associated Press.
    — Washington Post, 19 Jan. 2020
  • However, no evacuations were ordered because, as State volcanology official Kristianto remarked, the nearest villages are 6 km from the volcano (which is close enough to give me some pause).
    — Erik Klemetti, WIRED, 18 Sep. 2012
  • The volcanology agency has placed Taal and outlying cities and towns at alert level 4, the second-highest warning, indicating a more dangerous explosive eruption is possible within hours or days.
    — Aaron Favila and Jim Gomez, SFChronicle.com, 19 Jan. 2020
  • Authorities have banned all activities within a 2½-mile danger zone around the crater, in line with recommendations from Indonesia’s volcanology agency.
    — Niniek Karmini, Los Angeles Times, 10 May 2026
  • Josh Méndez Harper, then a postdoctoral researcher in a volcanology lab, started attending as a casual coffee drinker — the kind of person who would gulp down whatever he was handed without a second thought.
    — Carolyn Y. Johnson, Washington Post, 6 Dec. 2023
  • In their Reuniting Twins project, the scientists have developed a digital model of Earth that combines solar physics, volcanology, plate tectonics and climate science.
    — Quanta Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025
  • The early evidence, presented at a recent volcanology conference, shows that Yellowstone’s most recent supereruption was sparked when new magma moved into the system only decades before the eruption.
    — Shannon Hall, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2017
  • The country's seismology and volcanology institute warned of new flows descending through canyons on the volcano's western slope toward the Pantaleon River, carrying boulders and tree trunks.
    — Fox News, 7 June 2018

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