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 located in the NE sector of the caldera. More information will come soon on the GORISK website.
Note: The flickr photo gallery takes some time to load…
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 for the Belgian Public television, and for the public conferences organized by the scientists in both Belgium and Luxembourg.
FNR AWARDS CEREMONY 2013
From left to right: Adrien Oth, Benoît Smets, Nicolas d’Oreye.
More information about the FNR Awards here.
with special focus on the Kivu rift zone
November 12-14, 2013 – Gisenyi, Rwanda
Seconde Circulaire en FRANCAIS
Or visit http://avcor2013.africamuseum.be/
TOPICS
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
F. Kervyn, C. Michellier, Royal Museum for Central Africa (RMCA). Belgium
N. d’Oreye, B. Smets, National Museum of Natural History (NMNH) / European Center for Geodynamic and Seismology (ECGS). Luxembourg
A. Umutoni, U. Rutagarama, Energy Water and Sanitation Authority (EWSA). Rwanda
K. Karume, Goma Volcanological Observatory (GVO). Democratic Republic of Congo
SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE
A. Ayele, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia
E. Calais, Laboratoire de Géologie de l’Ecole normale supérieure, France
S. Carn, Michigan Technological University, USA
D. Delvaux, Royal Museum for Central Africa, Belgium
C. Ebinger, Univ. of Rochester, USA
F. Kervyn, Royal Museum for Central Africa, Belgium
K. Karume, Goma Volc. Observatory, DRC
G. Mavonga, Goma Volc. Observatory, DRC
N. d’Oreye, Nat. Mus. of Nat. History, Lux./European Center for Geodynamics
and Seismology, Luxembourg
N. Pagliuca, Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica E Vulcanologia, Italy
P. Pigeon, Université de Savoie, France
C. Scholz, Syracuse University, USA
D. Tedesco, University of Napoli 2, Italy
T. Wright, University of Leeds, UK
G. Yirgu, Univ. Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
SCHEDULE
November 12 – 14, 2013: Workshop
November 15 – 17, 2013: Training course on “e-tools designed to long and short-term hazard assessment and decision making during volcanic crisis”.
FOR MORE INFORMATION: please visit
http://avcor2013.africamuseum.be
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 Kivu, D.R. Congo) to study the largest active lava lake on Earth. Some images of this amazing expedition are available HERE.
Link to the Matière Grise’s webpage.
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 do not seem to threaten inhabited areas for the moment.
Eruption Reports about the ongoing activity are posted HERE
Benoît Smets on Mt Nyiragongo (North Kivu, DRC)
Benoît Smets, a young researcher of the Royal Museum for Central Africa has recently received the 2011 Belgian Vocation Foundation grant. More information here.
Welcome to the GORISK website! This website is still under construction. Information will be available soon. Thank you for your patience!
The GORISK team
