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Tag Archives: natural hazard
A #tsunami is really a tidal wave, except it isn’t
Katsushika Hokusai, Great Wave off Kanagawa. Image from Wikimedia. Original in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA This week marks the 10-year anniversary of the Great Sumatra earthquake which triggered the devastating Indian Ocean Tsunami that killed a quarter million people. … Continue reading
Four Billion Years and Counting: Canada is as old as the Earth and this book tells all
Just published! 400-pages on Canada’s geologic heritage in both official languages for only $39.95! Order your English language copy here and your French copy here. The book’s website has tons of freely downloadable illustrations and other materials for … Continue reading
Posted in General geoscience, Geoheritage
Tagged Canada, earth science, energy, environment, evolution, extinction, geology, Ice Age, natural disaster, natural hazard
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And then there were two: Global #Geoparks in Canada
UPDATE: 19 NOVEMBER 2015. Great News!! Global Geoparks are now official UNESCO sites. “A what? ” “A Global Geopark” “Okay, I give up” Most of you have no idea what a Global Geopark is. That’s not surprising, because – according to my … Continue reading
Canadian Earth Science for @PMHarper – 5: refining seismic risk assessment in Canada
The preamble to this series of reviews is here. All reviews can be found under the category “Canadian Earth Science for @PMHarper” Atkinson, G.M. and K. Goda, 2011, Effects of Seismicity Models and New Ground-Motion Prediction Equations on Seismic Hazard … Continue reading
The 2nd Sichuan earthquake in 5 years / why we need more art in science communication
Yesterday, on April 20, 2013, an earthquake struck in China’s Sichuan province. Because this is the blog of an earth scientist, I’ll give you the link to the USGS’s report: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/usb000gcdd#summary . This write-up is excellent and that’s how we … Continue reading
Posted in General geoscience, Geoscience and Art, Natural hazards
Tagged Ai Wei Wei, Art, China, earthquake, geoscience, natural disaster, natural hazard
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What is a natural disaster?
I recently watched a very informative webinar by Munich Re. It was their annual webinar on the world’s natural disasters, for 2012 that is. All Munich Re’s webinars are here. I highly recommend dedicating an hour of your time to watch some … Continue reading
Posted in General geoscience, Natural hazards
Tagged Munich Re, natural disaster, natural hazard, risk
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