Upcoming on January 22
Added 2022-01-20 17:01:13 +0000 UTCDid you see the satellite footage of the Tonga eruption? Here is an amazing clip of the shock wave traveling around the globe. Some weather stations measured it a second time, after it had gone around the entire globe!
While volcanoes are arguably scientifically interesting, they are also scary. On Saturday we talk about the most deadly natural disaster we currently fact, which is earthquakes. More specifically we will talk about ways to predict them. We found so much interesting material that we've made it into two parts. This week we talk about long-term and mid-term predictions (decades to months), and next week we talk about short term predictions (months to seconds.)
I have to admit I always thought geoscience is somewhat dull, but seeing how much mysteries there are left to solve, I've changed my mind.
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The thing I like about Sydney and my home-town area of Goulburn is apart from maybe Sydney being wiped out by a mega-tsunami, pretty much nothing happens except for big storms. It also pleases me that Australia is devoid of active volcanoes.
2022-01-21 06:26:57 +0000 UTCOh yeah I read about that. Glad I don't live in CA any more.
2022-01-21 04:22:22 +0000 UTCYears ago I saw a documentary about the volcano at Yellowstone National Park, and it freaked me out a bit. Given everything that could go wrong (including humans) it is kind of amazing we are still here.
D Brown
2022-01-21 00:32:55 +0000 UTC
