Monthly Archives: September 2022

The moment for nuclear power to save us was twenty years ago – and it didn’t happen

Posted on September 17, 2022 by Chris Rowan

Via Dr. Jonathan Foley on Twitter, a recent opinion piece in the NYT argues that despite it remaining popular amongst some advocates, “Nuclear power still doesn’t make much sense”. The problem with nuclear is that we’ve been having the same conversation … Continue reading →

Categories: environment, society

A deep origin for the Tohoku earthquake?

Posted on September 14, 2022 by Chris Rowan

So if I’m reading this summary in Eos right, there is a new study suggesting that there was significant deformation of the subducted plate in the lead up to the M9 2011 Tohoku earthquake occurred – enough mass was redistributed to measurably … Continue reading →

Categories: earthquakes, geohazards, geophysics, tectonics