The Journal of Applied Volcanology has introduced a new Hazard Map Article type! This article type is open to contributions describing any volcanic hazard map, including old maps, new maps, and maps that are still being prepared. The map(s) may be officially recognised by government agencies or other organizations, or it may be awaiting official or local uptake, or have been developed for purely scientific purposes. Submission guidelines can be found here.

Working group meeting at Cities on Volcanoes 10 in Naples 2018. Photo courtesy of Beth Bartel.

In 2018, several volcanic eruptions around the world gained the attention of traditional and social media, providing tangible evidences of the influence of formal and informal communication on the actual impact of volcanic crises. The Working Group on Communicating Hazards, currently hosted at the Commission on Hazards and Risk's Facebook page, focuses on different aspects of scientific communication, resulting in a multifaceted picture of the many ways in which knowledge about volcanoes is produced and transferred across different stakeholders. Click here for more info.