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New eruptive activity in the summit caldera of Nyamulagira

Sporadically from April 2014, then more systematically since 22nd June 2014, red glow has become visible on top of Nyamulagira. On 1st July 2014, helicopter flights confirmed the presence of lava fountains in the 400 × 600 m-wide pit crater … Continue reading

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FNR Awards 2013

In October 2013, Benoît Smets, Nicolas d’Oreye, François Kervyn and Adrien Oth  received the FNR Award for the Oustanding Promotion of Science to the Public, thanks to the documentary “Nyiragongo, expédition sur un lac de lave” realized by B. Luypaert … Continue reading

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AVCoR 2013 Workshop

Active Volcanism & Continental Rifting Workshop with special focus on the Kivu rift zone November 12-14, 2013 – Gisenyi, Rwanda   Second Circular in ENGLISH Seconde Circulaire en FRANCAIS Or visit http://avcor2013.africamuseum.be/   TOPICS Geodesy, ground deformation measurements and modeling of … Continue reading

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The documentary “Danse dans la gueule d’un volcan”

The documentary of the emission “Matière Grise” (RTBF) was broadcasted for the first time on June 7th 2012, 23h05 (UTC+2), on “La Une”! This reportage presents fieldworks performed during a 11 days scientific expedition on top of Nyiragongo volcano (North … Continue reading

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ERUPTION ALERT: Nyamulagira started to erupt on 6th November 2011, 5:55 PM (UTC+2)

Nyamulagira volcano started to erupt on Sunday evening, November 6th 2011, 5:55 PM (UTC+2). According to the Goma Volcano Observatory, the eruptive site is located ~12 km east-northeast of the Nyamulagira main caldera. The erupted lavas are currently flowing northward and … Continue reading

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Benoît Smets – Awarded the 2011 Belgian Vocation Foundation grant

Benoît Smets, a young researcher of the Royal Museum for Central Africa has recently received the 2011 Belgian Vocation Foundation grant. More information here.

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Website construction

Welcome to the GORISK website! This website is still under construction. Information will be available soon. Thank you for your patience! The GORISK team

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