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From Seismic Signals to Safer Trains: Italy’s First Earthquake Early Warning System for High-Speed Railways

and March 16, 2026
From Seismic Signals to Safer Trains: Italy’s First Earthquake Early Warning System for High-Speed Railways
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Earthquakes remain among the most disruptive natural hazards worldwide, capable of causing sudden loss of life, severe economic damage, and long-lasting societal impacts. One of the most effective tools developed in recent decades to mitigate these effects is Earthquake Early Warning (EEW), a real-time monitoring strategy that exploits a fundamental physical property of earthquakes: seismic waves ...[Read More]

How is earthquake-driven sea-level rise changing our coasts?

July 14, 2025
How is earthquake-driven sea-level rise changing our coasts?
Mangroves stand strong against rising sea levels to protect our shorelines (image credit: Anirban Mukhopadhyay, distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)

Coastal regions have always been at risk from natural hazards, but now, there’s an added layer of complexity. Earthquakes, which cause the land to move up or down, can significantly affect sea levels, especially in regions already experiencing the effects of climate change. Earthquakes can alter coastlines in ways that we’re still trying to understand, and it’s clear that tectonically active areas ...[Read More]

“Studying earthquakes is a great opportunity to learn every day a lot about many different fields of earth sciences” Yann Klinger- Stephan Mueller Medalist-2024

March 11, 2024
“Studying earthquakes is a great opportunity to learn every day a lot about many different fields of earth sciences” Yann Klinger- Stephan Mueller Medalist-2024
Since 1900, the total number of casualties resulting from earthquakes is estimated to be around 1 billion lives (Dyvik, 2023) (Image by Tumisu, Pixabay licence)

Hi Yann,  first of all, congratulations on the Stephan Mueller Medal, and it is my pleasure to interview you!! To all my readers, the Stephan Mueller Medal is one of the prestigious medals awarded for exceptional contributions to tectonics and structures by the European Geosciences Union (EGU).  Dr Yann Klinger wears many hats, he is a seismologist who studies recent and past earthquakes and is al ...[Read More]

Learning more about geohazard: Talking with EGU_NH 2023 Sergey Soloviev Medalist

April 10, 2023
Learning more about geohazard: Talking with EGU_NH 2023 Sergey Soloviev Medalist

It is my pleasure to interview the 2023 EGU Sergey Soloviev Medalist Dr Peng Cui, Professor at the Institute of Geographical Sciences and Resources、Institute of Mountain Hazards and Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), known for his work and commitment to understanding geohazards, especially earthquake-induced hazards. He has dedicated his life to understanding how to minimize disaster ...[Read More]