Artur Gil

A decade of open biodiversity data in the Azores: closing knowledge gaps and building a foundation for long-term monitoring

Ten years of dedicated biodiversity research and coordinated open-data publication have built an extensive, reusable knowledge base for the Azores. We synthesize this collective achievement through the AZORES BIOTA and BioMonI-Plot collections, evaluating its contribution to addr...

Satellite observations, plume dynamics, and volcanic lightning from the 2023 eruption of Shishaldin Volcano, Alaska

Abstract The 2023 eruption of Shishaldin Volcano, Alaska, provided an unusually well-monitored example of a “dry” (non-hydromagmatic) explosive basaltic eruption with sustained, buoyant plumes, and pyroclastic density currents. Here, we examine the 13 basaltic paroxysms that occu...