Category Archives: geohazards

Volcanic ash: you can’t avoid if you can’t detect it

Posted on April 19, 2010 by Chris Rowan

“we have got a storm scope and weather radar and they were looking straight through it.”
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Categories: geohazards, public science, ranting

Toads: seismic prognosticators?

Posted on March 31, 2010 by Chris Rowan

Is a pet toad the new must-have earthquake detector?
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Categories: earthquakes, geohazards, geology

Haiti: what next for the Enriquillo Fault?

Posted on March 20, 2010 by Chris Rowan

On sections of the fault adjacent to January’s rupture, strain built up by plate motions is still there, waiting to be released. The only question is when, and how.
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Categories: earthquakes, geohazards, tectonics

Man-made mud volcano starting to look like a real volcano

Posted on February 5, 2010 by Chris Rowan

Was big muddy pool with a steaming vent in the middle. Now big muddy pool with steaming hill in the middle.
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Categories: geohazards, Lusi

Haiti’s seismic future

Posted on February 4, 2010 by Chris Rowan

Is Haiti safe yet? Will there be another devastating earthquake in the future – and if so, when?
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Categories: earthquakes, geohazards, geology