Monthly Archives: January 2014

Puerto Rico sends the Caribbean a sobering seismic anniversary present

Posted on January 14, 2014 by Chris Rowan

Four years ago on Sunday, Haiti, and particularly its capital, Port-au-Prince, was devastated by a shallow magnitude 7.0 earthquake, which killed many tens, and possibly hundreds of thousands of people*, and left more than a million people homeless. Even today, … Continue reading →

Categories: earthquakes, focal mechanisms, geohazards, society

Festering Questions from the West Virginia Chemical Spill

Posted on January 12, 2014 by Anne Jefferson

The massive impact of last week’s chemical spill into the Elk River in West Virginia continues to cause hardship for the up to 300,000 people affected by the water ban and to pose tough questions for scientists and authorities involved … Continue reading →

Categories: by Anne, hydrology, public science, society

The Spirit of Mawson expedition – harried by ice and media

Posted on January 6, 2014 by Chris Rowan

The Highly Allochthonous family got pretty lucky on our trip to Antarctica: we enjoyed calm seas, including both ways across the infamously stomach-churning Drake Passage, and fairly clement weather every day of our trip. Meanwhile, on the other side of … Continue reading →

Categories: Antarctica, climate science, public science