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Bristol volcanologists featured in BBC Radio 4's Tribes of Science

30 August 2011

Dr Matt Watson and colleagues in the School of Earth Sciences featured in an episode of BBC Radio 4's Tribes of Science about their work as volcanologists.

Dr Matt Watson and colleagues in the School of Earth Sciences featured in an episode of BBC Radio 4's The Tribes of Science about volcanologists.

The series, presented by Peter Curran, studies groups of scientists - from astronomers to zoologists - in an attempt to shed light on their unique cultures.  In this episode, Curran puts a tribe of volcanologists under his anthropological lens, seeking the common traits and culture of this adventurous clan of geologists.

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