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Coverage of the group's work, awards, and announcements from the laboratory.

2026

  1. XInSAR

    NC：长周期微地震揭示火山喷发前的隐蔽流体活动 — at XInSAR, opens in a new tab

    A Chinese-language geodesy digest covers our work pairing a high-resolution seismic catalogue with ground deformation data, which exposes hidden fluid movement before the 2018 Sierra Negra eruption.

  2. 地刊速览

    Geology：海底火山喷发前，地下熔体的活动路径 — at 地刊速览, opens in a new tab

    A Chinese-language journal digest covers our Geology paper on the paths molten rock takes underground in the run-up to a submarine eruption.

2025

  1. Colour-coded sonar relief map of the West Mata undersea volcano, its ridged summit rising in red and yellow out of the deep blue seafloor.

    Image: Science Photo Library

    Croucher Foundation

    Listening to lava reveals the ocean's hidden volcanic eruptions — at Croucher Foundation, opens in a new tab

    Croucher News asks Prof. Tan how his team traced strange underwater popping sounds to steam bubbles imploding as lava meets seawater, which turns a hydrophone into a way of watching submarine eruptions from far away.

2024

  1. Professor Yen Joe Tan (right) and Dr Liu Min (left) holding posters of the study, in front of a screen showing the 2018 Baige landslide on the Tibetan Plateau.

    Photo: CUHK

    CUHK Communications and Public Relations Office

    CUHK-led international research reveals for the first time that landslide-dammed lakes can trigger earthquakes — at CUHK Communications and Public Relations Office, opens in a new tab

    The discovery has implications for future disaster management and mitigation.

2023

  1. A seismograph needle scribbling a large earthquake in red and black onto ruled paper.

    Photo: Shutterstock

    South China Morning Post

    Hong Kong shaken but not stirred by recent earthquake tremors — at South China Morning Post, opens in a new tab

    By Lars Hamer

    The Post takes a closer look at tremor reports in Hong Kong amid a string of quakes.

2022

  1. Professor Yen Joe Tan at a press briefing, standing before screens showing a yellow ocean-bottom seismometer and a map of Axial Seamount.

    Photo: 香港01

    香港01

    裘槎科研大獎｜中大教授研海底火山監測儀獲獎　冀可及時預測地震 — at 香港01, opens in a new tab

  2. Three CUHK scholars holding award folders on stage at the Croucher Awards presentation; Professor Yen Joe Tan is on the right.

    Photo: CUHK

    CUHK Communications and Public Relations OfficeAward

    Three CUHK distinguished scholars receive awards from the Croucher Foundation — at CUHK Communications and Public Relations Office, opens in a new tab

  3. Professor Yen Joe Tan standing with his arms folded on a balcony, trees behind him.

    Photo: 信報

    信報 Hong Kong Economic Journal

    專研海底火山學者陳衍佐：我們應不會因火山爆發絕種 — at 信報 Hong Kong Economic Journal, opens in a new tab

    By 張綺霞

    訪談錄 — an interview with Prof. Tan on studying submarine volcanoes.

2021

  1. Professor Yen Joe Tan leaning over a mirror-still water surface that reflects him, with hazy mountains behind.

    Photo: CUHKUPDates

    CUHKUPDates

    Predicting When Volcanoes Are Going to Blow — at CUHKUPDates, opens in a new tab

    By Alex Frew McMillan

    The Axial underwater seamount acts as a real-time lab for Tan Yen Joe.