Alaska's Active Volcanoes with Dr. Michelle Coombs

The Preamble

Sharon McMahon

History, Education

4.9 • 15.3K Ratings

🗓️ 15 December 2021

⏱️ 32 minutes

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In this episode, Sharon chats with Dr. Michelle Coombs, the Scientist-in-Charge of the U.S. Geological Survey's Alaska Volcano Observatory. Michelle shares volcano facts with Sharon, and talks about the active volcanoes in Alaska and how volcano scientists track them to mitigate fly hazards and keep people safe from ash clouds. Together, they discuss the different types of volcanoes and how scientists and geologists work to piece together the mysteries of the earth around us and its fascinatingly diverse geological formation.

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0:00.0	Hello friends, welcome, so happy you're joining me today and I have a very fun
0:05.8	episode for you and one of the reasons I love having my own podcast is that
0:09.5	any time a topic is really interesting to me I can just explore it and take everybody
0:14.9	along for a ride and hopefully we all have some fun and we all learn some new
0:18.0	things and so that's what we're doing today. We are talking with Michelle Coombs
0:21.2	who is the acting director of the US Geological Surveys.
0:28.3	Volcano Science Center, okay?
0:31.6	I need to know more about volcanoes. I asked her, I'm like, give me volcanoes 101. I need to know all the things about volcanoes. I definitely had some mind-blown brain-tangle moments in this episode, so let's dive into my conversation with Michelle Coops.
0:45.4	I'm Sharon McMahon and welcome to the Sharon Says So podcast.
0:50.5	Michelle, thank you so much for joining me today. I am really excited to chat with you.
0:55.2	I'm happy to be here. Will you give us a little introduction into what you do.
1:02.5	So I work for the USGS or the US Geological Survey
1:07.0	and my job title is Scientists in Charge
1:09.6	at the Alaska Volcano Observatory.
1:11.9	And I've done that for a few years, but before that I was a research scientist with the USGS studying volcanoes in Alaska and other parts of the US.
1:22.0	Hmm, that is super interesting.
1:25.0	I assume most volcanologists, is that a word?
1:30.0	Yes, it is.
1:32.0	I feel like it's a word that as it was coming out of my mouth, I'm like, is it a word?
1:37.2	It is. We call ourselves volcano scientists or volcanologists.
1:41.4	See their one is fine.
1:42.8	Yes, I'm sure most U.S. base volcanologists, volcano scientists,
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