All hazards are multihazards. But in today's world are any hazards truly natural?
How are hazard and risk expected to evolve over the coming decades under climate change and other anthropogenic changes to the Earth System?
How do we create true multidisciplinary projects to address these key challenges?
These are some of the key questions we are exploring in CoMHaz, a collaborative research group hosted by the departments of Geography and Earth Sciences at the University of Cambridge.
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A collapsed ice-marginal lake, Narsap Sermia, Greenland.
A lava flow from Mount Belinda plows through the summit ice cap on Montagu Island, a british overseas territory.
Teaching 2nd year Geographers about natural hazards in a post-seismic landscape in Imlil valley, Morocco.
South Lhonak lake, site of a complex multihazard chain in late 2023 culminating in deadly flooding in the Teesta river valley.
Setting up a new timelapse camera to monitor glacier flow and iceberg calving in Nuuk Fjord, Greenland.
Nevado del Ruiz, site of the worst volcanic disaster in recent times. A large ice cap remains on a highly active volcano.
Baking a pizza on an active lava flow...why not!
250 million cubic metre landslide on Amalia glacier, Chilean Patagonia. This landslide reversed the long-term retreat of Amalia, which has been re-advancing in recent years.
Outreach illustration on different volcanic hazards in glaciated settings, particularly focused on Antarctic volcanism.
Deadly landslides in the Bhote Koshi valley, Nepal.
Layering volcanic ash and glacier ice makes for a photogenic ice cave. We filmed a documentary at this location.
VolcFlow (a granular flow model) simulations of primary lahars at Volcan Cayambe, Ecuador.
Overview of possible multihazard interactions at a glaciated volcano.