• Question: what inspired you to study volcanos?

    Asked by han22511 to James on 12 Nov 2013.
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      James Hickey answered on 12 Nov 2013:

      Hi Han22511.

      When I was younger I went on a family holiday to Tenerife and we did a trip to a volcano there called Teide. I was fascinated by it and all of the surroundings. From then on I was always interested in volcanoes, and I was already very interested in the natural world and how it works cause I spent most of my spare time outside.

      These two things inspired me to study geoscience (the science of the earth) at university. Then while at university I learnt more and more about volcanoes and that’s why I’m still studying them now :). They’re cool (and they explode!).

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