Ben Edwards is a professor of geosciences and holds the prestigious Moraine Chair in Arctic Studies at Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. His research focuses on the interactions between volcanoes and glaciers (glaciovolcanism), Arctic and Alpine climate change, UAV science, and the impacts of volcanic ash on plants. Volcano studies include the formation of pillow lava and cooling joints, large-scale lava-ice experiments, petrological imaging of lithospheric stratigraphy, applications of theoretical models for understanding the formation of cooling fractures in lavas, and the formation of deposits during volcano-ice interactions. His other interests include soil-forming processes, mineralogy, environmental hazards, the history of science, the history of Arctic exploration, and the influence of plate tectonics on almost everything. In this episode of The Dickinson College Expert Show, Professor Edwards explains his work in Iceland and how its glaciers and volcanoes are playing a pivotal role in his research and in tourism to the island nation.

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