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GeoSciences Column: Hazagora – will you survive the next disaster?

May 6, 2016
GeoSciences Column: Hazagora – will you survive the next disaster?
Hazagora: will you survive a natural disaster? Taken from Mossoux, S., et al. (2016).

There is no better thing, on a cold and stormy winter’s evening, than to gather your friends for a night of games / board games. Fire blazing (if you have one), tasty snacks laid out and drinks poured, you are all set to indulge in a night of scheming (if you are playing battle ship), deceit (Cluedo), or even all out comedy (think Pictionary or Charades). The main purpose of the games you are like ...[Read More]

GeoTalk: A smart way to map earthquake impact

April 28, 2016
GeoTalk: A smart way to map earthquake impact
Smart seismology. Credit: Kyle Spradley, CAFNR.

Last week at the 2016 General Assembly Sara, one of the EGU’s press assistants, had the opportunity to speak to Koen Van Noten about his research into how crowdsourcing can be used to find out more about where earthquakes have the biggest impact at the surface. Firstly, can you tell me a little about yourself? I did a PhD in structural geology at KULeuven and, after I finished, I started to ...[Read More]

When mountains collapse…

April 27, 2016
When mountains collapse…
The mountainsides, severely weakened by last year’s Gorkha Earthquake, is more likely to give way, especially during monsoons and aftershocks. (Credit: Kristen Cook)

Jane Qiu, a grantee of the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, took to quake-stricken Nepal last month — venturing into landslide-riddled terrains and shadowing scientists studying what makes slopes more susceptible to failure after an earthquake. The journey proved to be more perilous than she had expected. What would it be like to lose all your family overnight? And how would you cope? It’s wit ...[Read More]

Communicate Your Science Competition Winner Announced!

April 22, 2016

Congratulations to Beatriz Gaite, the winner of the Communicate Your Science Video Competition 2016. Beatriz is a researcher at the department of Earth’s Structure and Dynamics and Crystallography at the Instituto de Ciencias de la Tierra Jaume Almera (ICTJA-CSIC), in Spain. Display "Subtle Whisper Of The Earth by Beatriz Gaite" from YouTube Click here to display content from YouTu ...[Read More]