Every two weeks, Reginald Roberts posts a new set of earthquake forecasts on his website, NextEarthquake.com. Roberts says his earthquake forecasts, which included a prediction of the earthquake that shook Hawaii on Thursday (Oct. 20), are accurate over 90 percent of the time. If Roberts is right, then all the world’s seismologists and earthquake geologists are wrong when they say earthquakes are too chaotic to be predicted.
Read more »New system will gauge and track storms - Seattle Times
The city of Seattle is using new technology that allows officials to know exactly how bad storms are and what neighborhoods are getting hit the worst. Cliff Mass, professor of atmospheric sciences, helped design the system; read more here.
Read more »Largest ocean science project launches off of Oregon coast very soon - OregonLive
The OOI project, involving OSU, UW, Scripps, Woods Hole, UCSD and Rutgers, is discussed.
Read more »Explosive underwater eruptions are deepest yet seen - MSNBC
Joseph Resing discusses how an underwater volcano bursting with glowing lava bubbles — the deepest active submarine eruption seen to date — is shedding light on how volcanism can impact deep-sea life and reshape the face of the planet. MSNBC reports here.
Read more »Loving the chambered nautilus to death
It is a living fossil whose ancestors go back a half billion years—to the early days of complex life on the planet, when the land was barren and the seas were warm. Naturalists have long marveled at its shell. The logarithmic spiral echoes the curved arms of hurricanes and distant galaxies. In Florence, the Medicis turned the pearly shells into ornate cups and pitchers adorned with gold and rubies.
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