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Could the Chilean Altiplano host natural hydrogen for the energy transition?

Could the Chilean Altiplano host natural hydrogen for the energy transition?

The contribution from Sergio León-Ríos, Associate Researcher at the Advanced Mining Technology Center (AMTC) at the University of Chile, where he does seismology research. Post edited by Adam Ciesielski prior to publication. Introduction Hydrogen sits at the heart of today’s energy transition. From policy documents to industry roadmaps, it is widely promoted as a clean …[Read More]

Art, science, and seismic memory

Art, science, and seismic memory

The contribution from Sergio León-Ríos, Associate Researcher at the Advanced Mining Technology Center (AMTC) at the University of Chile, where he does seismology research. Introduction Earthquakes and tsunamis are not only purely scientific geophysical phenomena. They are also deeply embedded in social memory, cultural narratives, and everyday life – especially in countries like Chile, where …[Read More]

Earthquake Watch: Santorini-Amorgos earthquake swarms

Earthquake Watch: Santorini-Amorgos earthquake swarms

For this Earthquake Watch we are very pleased to have a contribution about the 2025 Santorini – Amorgos seismic sequence, by Dr. Andreas Karakonstantis, a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Patras and National and the Kapodistrian University of Athens. He obtained his Ph.D. in seismology in 2017. Does life move in circles? That is …[Read More]

Earthquake Watch: Seismicity in the Reykjanes Peninsula, Iceland

Earthquake Watch: Seismicity in the Reykjanes Peninsula, Iceland

For this Earthquake Watch we are very happy to have Yesim Cubuk-Sabuncu write about the seismicity around the recent eruptions in the Reykjanes Peninsula, Iceland! Yesim is a postdoctoral researcher in seismology at the Icelandic Meteorological Office, Service and Research Division since 2019. She obtained her Ph.D. in Geophysical Engineering at the Istanbul Technical University, …[Read More]

Seismic Denoising meets Generative Image Models

Seismic Denoising meets Generative Image Models

What’s the connection between novel generative image models and seismic denoising? Daniele Trappolini from Sapienza Università di Roma has led an effort to utilise these exciting techniques for seismological applications. This blog post will give a beginner-friendly introduction to generative modelling and ‘diffusion’ models, before explaining how Daniele and his group have been using them to …[Read More]

What is Distributed Acoustic Sensing?

What is Distributed Acoustic Sensing?

In this blog we give a succinct introduction to Distributed Acoustic Sensing for the starting seismologist, or the interested reader. The blog is by no means a complete overview and serves as a starting point for you to understand DAS and get started with the data. It was written by SM ECS members Ana Nap …[Read More]

Earthquake Watch: The 8 September 2023 Al Haouz, Morocco, M7.0 earthquake

Earthquake Watch: The 8 September 2023 Al Haouz, Morocco, M7.0 earthquake

Contribution about the September 2023 M 7.0 earthquake in Al Haouz, Morocco, by Dr. Nacer Jabour, Head of the National Geophysics Institute (CNRST) in Rabat, Morocco, Abdelillah Tahayt, from the Faculty of Sciences, Abdelmalek Essadi University in Tanger, Morocco, and Mohamed Kasmi, Lahcen Hni, Youssef Timoulali, Mohamed Menzhi, from the National Geophysics Institute (CNRST) in …[Read More]

Structure-from-Motion for Seismology

Structure-from-Motion for Seismology

This blog post about drone photogrammetry for seismology research is written by Lars Gebraad, with contributions from Isamu Naets and Patrick Marty. Lars Gebraad and Patrick Marty are doing their doctorates at the Seismology and Wave Physics group and Isamu Naets did his PhD at the Geothermal Energy and Geofluids group, both at the Dept. …[Read More]