A scientific agency has pled not guilty to charges stemming from the 2019 White Island/Whakaari volcano disaster. Should scientists be held accountable for insufficiently conveying the risk of an impending …
The aftermath of the building collapse in Florida resembles the aftermath of the Oklahoma City Bombing and a 1993 earthquake. Did building construction play a role? By Evan Reis, …
Ross Stein tells a story of how a group of residents saved their neighborhood from the recent CZU Lightening Complex Fire in this 3.5-minute video. By Ross Stein, Ph.D., …
By: Jacob B. Lowenstern, Ph.D. and John W. Ewert, U.S. Geological Survey Cascades Volcano Observatory Volcano observatories are a critical tool for governments to reduce the impacts of volcanic …
英文链接 英文作者：John C. Mutter博士 哥伦比亚大学地球与环境科学教授以及国际与公共事务教授 英文发表时间：2020年4月1日 翻译：google translate (谷歌翻译) 后期修改: 彭志刚（Zhigang Peng）博士 佐治亚理工地球与大气系教授 考虑到地球自然灾害的发生频率，以及冠状病毒大流行的持续时间，我们几乎无法避免它们同时发生。试想，当某地的疫情已经失控时，突然又发生一次大地震或者大风暴，这时我们该怎么办呢？ 英文引用 ：Mutter, J.C., (2020), What if? What if a natural disaster strikes amid a …
By John C. Mutter, Ph.D., Professor of Earth & Environmental Sciences and Professor of International & Public Affairs, Columbia University Given the timescales of the Earth’s natural spasms, and …
by John C. Mutter, Ph.D., Professor of Earth & Environmental Sciences and Professor of International & Public Affairs, Columbia University After a catastrophe, whether earthquake or pandemic or anything …
By Douglas Toomey, Ph.D., Professor, University of Oregon Despite full knowledge of the risks the Cascadia Subduction Zone poses, Oregon’s legislature has been unable to fund hazard mitigation activities. …
The recent acquittal of the TEPCO executives in the Fukushima power plant tragedy hearkens back to the trial of the Italian seismologists who were charged with negligence after the L’Aquila, Italy, earthquakes. Both events raise the question: How much do you prepare for the most dreadful disasters, which result from truly large or rare paroxysms of the Earth?
While Japan is moving entire towns out of the tsunami zone in the wake of the 2011 Tohoku disaster, Oregon is doing the opposite, trading public safety for developer profits.
