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• Thousands of Properties in Seattle Are Prone to Landslides -- Here's How to Protect Your Home | KING 5
  There are 20,000 properties considered to be prone to landslides in Seattle. The city is encouraging people to be aware of the risks. David Montgomery, professor of Earth and ... - Read More

• From the Ice to the Lab, Glaciologists Search for Clues of BC's Past Wildfires, Volcanoes and Other Calamities | The Globe and Mail
  Eric Steig has spent more than 20 years on a quest to reveal the climate history recorded in British Columbia's southern glaciers. Eric Steig, professor and chair of Earth and ... - Read More

• In the Field: Tracking Seismic Clues in One of the Driest Places on Earth
  

  Unlike the Pacific Northwest, the Atacama Desert in Chile experiences very little rain. But the two regions are both seismically active. Faults in the Atacama Desert are slowly ... - Read More

• UW Researchers Map Landslides in Seattle Fault Earthquake Study | KING 5
  UW researchers published a study Tuesday that mapped and dated past landslides in the region to better understand historical earthquakes along the Seattle Fault. Eric Herzig, a ... - Read More

• Man Accused of Antarctic Assault Was then Sent to Remote Icefield with Young Graduate Students | Associated Press
  A man accused of physically assaulting a woman at a U.S. research station in Antarctica was then sent to a remote icefield where he was tasked with protecting the safety of a ... - Read More

• On a BC Glacier, Researchers Unearth Climate History Frozen in Time | The Globe and Mail
  Deep ice samples extracted from the glacier could help explain the string of climate-related events buffeting Western Canada. Eric Steig, professor of Earth and space sciences at ... - Read More

• Sunday Earthquake Near Tacoma over 3.0 -- Here's Where It Hit | Tacoma News Tribune
  Just weeks after a 4.3 magnitude earthquake rattled Puget Sound, some northwest Washington residents felt the ground beneath their feet shaking again Sunday night. Harold Tobin, ... - Read More

• A Rare and Puzzling 'domino Effect' Triggered 4 Powerful Quakes in Afghanistan | National Geographic
  A back-to-back sequence of four 6.3 magnitude earthquakes in just over a week has stunned scientists. Harold Tobin, director of the Pacific Northwest Seismic Network and professor ... - Read More

• West Antarctic Ice Sheet Collapse May Be Unavoidable, Study Finds | NBC News
  The study is the first attempt to model the uncertain atmosphere and ocean processes that could doom the sheet's ice shelves, leading to considerable sea level rise. Eric Steig, ... - Read More

• Five UW Faculty Members Elected As AGU Fellows, Plus More Honors
  

  The American Geophysical Union announced Sept. 13 that five University of Washington faculty members have been elected as ... - Read More

• ESS PhD Student Madeleine Lucas Honored As 2023 Homecoming Scholar
  ESS PhD Student Madeleine Lucas is honored as a 2023 Homecoming Scholar. She is one of six extraordinary students across the UW campus whose stories exemplify Husky adaptability, ... - Read More

• ShakeAlert Offers Latest Earthquake Science As Region Practices Great ShakeOut Safety Drill Oct. 19
  As people and organizations across the globe practice earthquake drills Oct. 19 on International ShakeOut Day, closer to home in the Pacific Northwest, communities are bolstered ... - Read More

• New Earthquake Risks Revealed in Study | KREM
  Researchers say they have discovered a new kind of earthquake threat that could violently shake the PNW. Harold Tobin, director of the Pacific Northwest Seismic Network and ... - Read More

• Shaking Up Earthquake Science in Cascadia | Eos
  A new center named CRESCENT will bring together earthquake scientists to study the Cascadia Subduction Zone and clarify seismic hazards. Harold Tobin, director of the Pacific ... - Read More

• Washington Earthquake Tests Emergency Alerts System | KING 5
  If the quake exceeded magnitude 5 an alert would have given people near the epicenter a five seconds heads up. In the Seattle area, it would have been 11 seconds. Renate Hartog, ... - Read More

• Mild Quake Shakes Western Washington -- What Should We Do to Prepare for Something Bigger? | KUOW
  Did you feel it Sunday night at 7:21? Some did, others had no idea. That's when Western Washington experienced a 4.3 magnitude earthquake. It was centered south of Port Townsend, ... - Read More

• Earthquake Felt in WA on Sunday -- Here's Chances of a Big One | Bellingham Herald
  The Washington State Department of Natural Resources (DNR) released a new study on Thursday, showing how a tsunami produced by a major earthquake in the Puget Sound would impact ... - Read More

• Research Uncovers New Details on Earthquake Threats in Western Washington | KING 5
  New research led by the University of Arizona shows a seismic event around 1,100 years ago likely involved two faults rupturing together or back-to-back earthquakes in Western ... - Read More

• A Massive, Two-fault Earthquake May Have Struck the Pacific Northwest 1,100 Years Ago | Smithsonian Magazine
  The region needs to be prepared for the possibility of more intense quakes than previously thought, a new study of tree rings finds. Harold Tobin, director of the Pacific ... - Read More

• Dead Trees Uncover Truth of Massive Earthquake That Current Models Don't Plan for | FOX 13
  It's no secret that the Seattle area is at risk for seismic activity. New research has uncovered yet another possible danger, an earthquake twice as strong as what had previously ... - Read More

• Earthquake Faults in Spokane | KREM Spokane
  KREM's "Verify" segment asks experts whether a seismic fault exists under Spokane. Harold Tobin, director of the Pacific Northwest Seismic Network and professor of Earth and space ... - Read More

• 'Spirit Whales & Sloth Tales' Tracks Washington Fossils and Their Stories | The Seattle Times
  "With more than a half-billion years of history, Washington state has an enviable diversity of fossils. Each is unique. Each is interesting. Each tells a story of natural and ... - Read More

• Dead Trees and a Mysterious Cosmic Explosion Reveal Bigger Quake Risk for Seattle | Scientific American
  Puget Sound could face previously unknown earthquake risks, according to a new study that has pinned down the date of an ancient earthquake using tree rings and the radiation left ... - Read More

• A Double Earthquake Threat? Study Finds 2 Seattle-area Faults Ripped About the Same Time | The Seattle Times
  The Puget Sound area already faces a daunting array of seismic scenarios. A new study adds another: the possibility of a one-two earthquake punch. Harold Tobin, director of the ... - Read More

• The Webb Telescope Can't Find Alien Life Until Researchers Agree on This Fundamental Component | Inverse
  Researchers have long debated what kind of chemistry might serve as a bonafide alien biosignature. Joshua Krissansen-Totton, assistant professor of Earth and space sciences at the ... - Read More

• How Earthquake Research Can Help Save the PNW from 'The Big One' | Axios Seattle
  A new research center in the Pacific Northwest aims to answer those questions and others, to help the region prepare for a possible magnitude 9 earthquake that is predicted to ... - Read More

• New Effort to Study the Potential for a Big Earthquake in the PNW | KUOW
  The Cascadia Region Earthquake Science Center will be the first center of its kind in the nation, focused on earthquakes at subduction zones. Harold Tobin, director of the Pacific ... - Read More

• New Science Center Will Focus on the Cascadia Subduction Zone | KNKX
  Earth scientists at the UW are lead partners in a new effort to study potential for "The Big Rip" in the Northwest. The Cascadia Region Earthquake Science Center will be the first ... - Read More

• Dozens of Earthquakes Reported in Swarm off Vancouver Island | Bellingham Herald
  Four moderate earthquakes shook the Pacific Ocean floor off Vancouver Island on Sunday, part of a "swarm" of nearly three dozen tremors over the past week that Canadian ... - Read More

• Prepping for the 'Big One': $15M Going Toward Earthquake Research | MyNorthwest
  A new research center will focus on the Cascadia Subduction Zone, a fault stretching more than 620 miles from the northern edge of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, to Cape ... - Read More

• Could Western Washington See a Similar Earthquake to Morocco? | FOX 13
  An earthquake devastated Marrakech, Morocco over the weekend--and Western Washington is no stranger to these seismological events. Harold Tobin, director of the Pacific Northwest ... - Read More

• Feds Award $15M for New Cutting-edge Research Center to Study Pacific NW Earthquakes | GeekWire
  The National Science Foundation announced the creation of the Cascadia Region Earthquake Science Center. The $15 million facility will be based at the University of Oregon and the ... - Read More

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