Category Archives: earthquakes

AGU Dispatches: Final Day and Final Thoughts

Posted on December 8, 2012 by Chris Rowan

Unless you are presenting, the final day of a 5 day-conference can be a test of your intellectual fortitude: it can be tough to force your tired and stuffed-with-cool-new-science brain to take an interest in any more talks or posters. … Continue reading →

Categories: academic life, conferences, earthquakes, geohazards, geology, geophysics, tectonics

AGU Dispatches: Earthquakes, Education and Edification

Posted on December 7, 2012 by Chris Rowan

Another packed day, although for me, today was less about consuming science and more about both disseminating it, and learning how to teach about it. Nonetheless, I kicked off my morning in an interesting session on the links between short-term … Continue reading →

Categories: academic life, conferences, earthquakes, geohazards, teaching

AGU Dispatches: Convergence, the Caribbean and Cosmic Impacts (not)

Posted on December 6, 2012 by Chris Rowan

AGU is all about pacing yourself. If you want to make it to the end of the week without your brain exploding from an overload of new science, you need to give it some down time. It was for this … Continue reading →

Categories: conferences, earthquakes, geohazards, palaeomagic

On the L’Aquila trial verdict: earthquake safety is about door locks, not fire alarms

Posted on October 23, 2012 by Chris Rowan

Imagine that one day, an apartment block in a major city catches fire. The fire brigade arrive too late, and the whole block burns down with people still trapped inside. An investigation reveals that the building’s fire alarm system was … Continue reading →

Categories: earthquakes, geohazards, public science, society