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Categories: earthquakes, geohazards, public science
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Categories: public science, science education
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If you’re waiting for an earthquake warning, you’re doing it wrong
The magnitude 6.3 earthquake that stuck central Italy near the city of L’Aquila in April 2009 killed more than 300 people, made tens of thousands more homeless, and caused billions of Euros’ worth of damage. No-one could have predicted exactly … Continue reading
Simulating river processes…ooh shiny, stream table!
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Chris talks earthquakes in Chicago
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Not to scale
Like all geologists, I’m a great fan of scale bars. Except, it seems, on some of my figures… Continue reading
