The UK Centre for Observation and Modelling of Earthquakes, Volcanoes and Tectonics (COMET) uses satellite measurements alongside ground-based observations and geophysical models to study earthquakes and volcanoes, and help understand the hazards they pose.
A national-scale community with considerable size and impact, COMET brings together world-leading scientists across the British Geological Survey (BGS) and 14 UK universities: Bristol, Cambridge, Cardiff, East Anglia, Edinburgh, Exeter, Imperial, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle, Oxford, Plymouth, Sheffield and UCL. We work closely with the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), National Centre for Earth Observation (NCEO) and European Space Agency (ESA), as well as many other national and international partners.
COMET+ Webinar
High-resolution remote sensing data to measure topographic changes in volcanoes
Dr Federico Galetto, Cornell University, USA
Wednesday 28th May 2025 at 4pm UK time (4pm BST / 5pm CEST / 8am PDT)
Please register at:
https://ukri.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_w6vsUH7rRjqNFaC-VDlG4A
COMET Webinar
Now available to watch online: Dr Annie Winson, British Geological Survey, UK’s webinar: Community-driven natural hazard and physical vulnerability assessment – developing a collaborative understanding
COMET+ Webinar
On 5th March 2025, COMET held a special webinar event to mark International Women’s Day, where we celebrated the work of three women scientists.
Rewatch at: COMET Webinar Series – UK Centre for Observation and Modelling of Earthquakes, Volcanoes and Tectonics
COMET Annual Report 2023/2024
The latest COMET Annual Report 2023/2024 is now available to view. Please click here.
Observations and models of Icelandic eruption lead to new understanding of volcanic systems
COMET Scientist Andy Hooper contributed to a paper published in Science on 8th February 2024 that sheds light on the processes behind the formation of large magma-filled cracks under the earth.
COMET Fieldwork Guidelines
Help make research fieldwork in Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences a safer, more equitable, and inclusive space.
Find out more here: Fieldwork Guidelines – Centre for the Observation and Modelling of Earthquakes, Volcanoes and Tectonics (nerc.ac.uk)
Türkiye-Syria Earthquakes, February 2023
Read the full COMET article here.
The Global Waveform Catalogue
The Global Waveform Catalogue hosted by COMET is now available and fully interactive.
COMET Director Professor Tim Wright presented a free public lecture, ‘Monitoring our hazardous planet from space’, as part of the Royal Astronomical Society’s Bicentenary celebrations on 25th September 2020. Watch (or rewatch!) the lecture on YouTube: