Field team in the Sierra Negra study are, from left, Javier Jaramillo of Parque Nacional de Galapagos, Mario Ruiz of Instituto Geofisico Escuela Politecnica Nacional, Gabrielle Tepp of the U.S. Geological Survey and Sarah Jaye Oliva of Tulane.
Scientists from Tulane University are part of an international team of researchers whose study of the 2018 eruption of the Sierra Negra volcano in the Galápagos Islands provides vital information about future volcanic activity on the islands.
Their most recent research was published this month in the scientific journal
Nature Communications, revealing the first detailed description of the 2018 eruption of the Sierra Negra volcano, one of the world’s most active volcanoes.