Prof Claire J Horwell

Stupidest headline of the year?

Thank you Sam, you did an amazing job!

Our Prof Claire Horwell @clairehorwell.bsky.social led the GCRF-funded FACE-UP project on protecting children from urban air pollution. This new paper looks at children’s preferences for the style and design of respiratory protection.

#DUresearch

Completely! One would have thought these council enforcement officers would have better things to do with their time. The 1990 EPA needs updating/replacing.

Kew woman fined £150 for pouring coffee down drain in Richmond Burcu Yesilyurt says the fine is

Did you know that it's illegal to pour your drink down a street drain in the UK? I didn't know that.

The Environmental Protection Act 1990 makes it an offence to dispose of waste in a way likely to pollute land or water, including pouring liquids into street drains.
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Thought I would check the Kilauea webcam. What a view to wake up to! Thinking of all the USGS Volcanoes team and hoping federal agencies can get back to their jobs soon.

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Landmark global shipping deal abandoned under US threats President Trump intervened in the talks calling the deal a "green scam".

When all that matters is money …
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RIP #BiddyBaxter 😢. Biddy was a @durham-university.bsky.social graduate and edited #BluePeter for more than 20 years. Apparently she was the first Durham graduate to work for the BBC.

Legendary Blue Peter editor Biddy Baxter dies at 92 www.bbc.com/news/article...

I think most of the city was buried but there must have been ‘pockets’ that didn’t get completely covered. My guess is that these were on the edge/outside of where the pyroclastic flows traveled.

People returned to live in Pompeii's ruins, archaeologists says New evidence suggests an informal settlement was established after the eruption that buried much of the city.

People returned to live in Pompeii's ruins, archaeologists say.
They lived in the upper floors of ash-filled houses and excavated the lower floors as cellars!
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I am insanely jealous that my son is about to see this! Screenshot from the live USGS Kilauea Volcano webcam (Hawaii).

No they are Siberians 😻

There is a cuteness overload in my house right now!! They are just too floofy for words 😻

Not #Caturday. Not sorry!

There will be a paper 3 which investigates how the BA009 experience affected the rest of the occupants' lives ... to be submitted soon!

‘All Four Engines Have Failed’: A qualitative study of the health impacts, reactions and behaviours of passengers and crew onboard flight BA009 which flew through a volcanic ash cloud in 1982 This study investigated the experiences, health impacts and behaviours of passengers and crew onboard British Airways flight BA009 which flew through …

*Paper 2* relives the experiences of passengers and crew who were on BA009 in 1982 when the plane flew into an ash cloud.
Meach, R, Horwell, CJ, de Terte, I. 2025. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 124: 105558. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Physical, psychological and behavioural responses of aircraft occupants to volcanic emissions - Journal of Applied Volcanology Volcanic eruptions produce plumes of ash, gas and aerosols that present a risk to aviation at all standard flight levels. Here, we investigate atmospheric dispersal of volcanic emissions, whether and ...

*Paper 1* is a review of these impacts, with recommendations for the aviation industry.
Horwell, C.J. et al. 2025. Physical, psychological and behavioural responses of aircraft occupants to volcanic emissions. Journal of Applied Volcanology, 14(1): 5. appliedvolc.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

Physical, psychological and behavioural responses of aircraft occupants to volcanic emissions - Journal of Applied Volcanology Volcanic eruptions produce plumes of ash, gas and aerosols that present a risk to aviation at all standard flight levels. Here, we investigate atmospheric dispersal of volcanic emissions, whether and ...

🚨New papers🚨
Are you interested in the impact of volcanic plumes on aviation? Our research focused on the behavioural, psychological & physical health impacts of volcanic emissions encounters on aircraft occupants.
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I've been quiet for a while. There's been a lot going on at home, so no spare time or headspace for social media. For those who've enjoyed my cat photos, our lovely Ned has been very unwell with FIP. Covid-19 antivirals have saved his life, and he's making a remarkable recovery. Hurrah for science!

Hi Lucy! I was thinking of you last night when I watched the 1st episode of the Pan Am 103 (Lockerbie) drama on iPlayer. Have you watched it yet? I was even wondering if you'd been an advisor!

I have a full week with only one formal meeting scheduled. It's incredible! I'm actually getting some stuff done!

Heron on the weir of the River Wear in Durham city, with the cathedral in the background.

It’s been quite a week. Some really good stuff and some really bad stuff happened. A lot of work got done but not enough work got done. The weather was glorious but I was indoors for much of it. But here’s my walk home and the heron which I haven’t seen for about a year. Happy May
bank holiday!

When you wrote Durham, I hope you thought of me in sympathised! It’s just unbelievable. 🤯

Durham river bank on my way to work this morning. The wild garlic smells amazing and there is so much bird song. Shame about the graffiti and rubbish under the bench. People just don’t care…

Perhaps, and nobody can dispute that planning for peace is good, but it still doesn’t feel like an appropriate thing to do at anybody’s funeral, let alone the pope’s, or in front of the world’s cameras.

Is it just in my world where it’s disrespectful to use the occasion of a funeral … the Pope’s funeral … for political discussion? Feels very inappropriate to me.

Sorry, not sorry, but I had to share this #Caturday photo!

Santorini volcano probed for clues about next big explosion Scientists are investigating for the first time how dangerous the island's next big one could be.

Our former PhD student @isobelyeo.bsky.social (now at
@noc.ac.uk) features in this article. Her team are investigating seismicity from the underwater volcanoes near Santorini.

Could an almighty eruption destroy a dreamy Greek island? www.bbc.com/news/article...

Toby Carvery owner 'sorry' over ancient tree felling in Enfield The chief executive of the company which felled an ancient oak apologises and opens a review.

Apologising for ‘upset caused’ is not an apology, @tobycarvery.bsky.social.
How about apologising for chopping down this historic tree? 🌳

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RFK Jr says 20% of Doge’s health agency job cuts were mistakes Health secretary says roles will need to be reinstated amid Trump administration’s push to slash federal workforce

#NIOSH is being ‘eliminated’.

The US’s respirator testing and approval program gone. Labs will be dismantled shortly.

Mining safety, hazard evaluation and other key occupational research teams disbanded.
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But is it all a ‘big mistake’???
Seriously?

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