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Iva Vrkić Seidl

Iva Vrkić Seidl is a librarian at the Department of Geophysics, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, Croatia. As the head librarian, she is engaged in all aspects of library work – from cataloging and curating collections to retrieving archival geophysical data.

Hunting for historical Adriatic meteotsunamis

Hunting for historical Adriatic meteotsunamis

Before modern instruments, our only clues about past sea events came from written records and folklore. Along the eastern Adriatic coast, stories of sudden floods and “tidal waves” (locally called šćiga) have been passed down for generations. These waves, described as rapid rises and falls of the sea that could flood or empty harbours within minutes, were carved into Adriatic coastal life as rare ...[Read More]