natural environment

Institute Work

Research into the natural environment includes modelling ice sheet dynamics and glacier melting into fjords, models of ocean mixing processes using numerical and experimental approaches, mountain building, magma flows, river systems and glacial hydrology.

A significant part of our research has been aimed at natural hazards, including modelling volcanic eruption flows and processes, such as the gas explosions at Stromboli volcano and ash plumes formed during explosive eruptions and avalanche dynamics of relevance for landslides and desert-blown sand.

We are also interested in the displacement and dispersal of sediment in the ocean via plumes, gravity currents, and turbidities, and in flood dynamics and mitigation.