Ed Byrne in Oxford volcano adventure

Comedian Ed Byrne has teamed up with Oxford University scientists to help explain the science of volcanoes. In a new animation the stand-up star is the voice of Hank, the computer controlling a mini-submarine that takes viewers deep beneath the ocean to find out how volcanoes are born. Hank is our guide on a fantastic voyage inside a volcano's plumbing system that explores tectonic plates, time travel, and explosions. The animation, Underwater Volcano Disaster , is the latest in a series of videos from Oxford Sparks , a web portal giving people access to some of the exciting science happening at Oxford University. The passenger aboard the sub is our animated hero Ossie, a friendly green popsicle who has previously investigated heart attacks, the coldest things in the Universe, and the Large Hadron Collider. 'It isn't every day that Oxford University asks you to play a rogue computer piloting a submarine inside an exploding volcano, so I couldn't resist!' said Ed Byrne. 'I like the idea that by watching everything going wrong for poor old Ossie - as he gets shaken, shrunk and boiled alive - you're actually learning something about how volcanoes are made deep beneath the ocean.