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Alka Tripathy-Lang, Ph.D.

@DrAlkaTrip

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Look, I wrote a thing! This story for Ars Technica covers some basics about dam removal. Why do some dams need to come down? And how do you even do that?

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In 2010 a chunk of ice the size of Amsterdam dramatically calved from the Petermann Glacier in Greenland. On @dralkatrip speaks to Romain Millan about how the glacier has changed since then & what this means for global sea level rise.

Read more: egu.eu/3MBYRC/

In 2010 a chunk of ice the size of Amsterdam dramatically calved from the Petermann Glacier in Greenland. On #EGUblogs @dralkatrip speaks to Romain Millan about how the glacier has changed since then & what this means for global sea level rise. Read more: egu.eu/3MBYRC/
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In 2010 a chunk of ice the size of Amsterdam dramatically calved from the Petermann Glacier in Greenland. On @dralkatrip speaks to Romain Millan about how the glacier has changed since then & what this means for global sea level rise.

Read more: egu.eu/3MBYRC/

In 2010 a chunk of ice the size of Amsterdam dramatically calved from the Petermann Glacier in Greenland. On #EGUblogs @dralkatrip speaks to Romain Millan about how the glacier has changed since then & what this means for global sea level rise. Read more: egu.eu/3MBYRC/
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Former LA Mayor Eric Garcetti was recently sworn in as the U.S. ambassador to India. He sat down with Megan Sever to talk about in SoCal, and the work his office did toward preparing LA for the next big one (1/n)

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Former LA Mayor @ericgarcetti was recently sworn in as the U.S. ambassador to India. He sat down with @MeganSever4 to talk about #earthquakes in SoCal, and the work his office did toward preparing LA for the next big one (1/n) temblor.net/temblor/los-an…
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Are there better ways to forecast earthquakes?

Researchers led by James Neely of The University of Chicago created a new forecasting model that includes more realistic faults behavior, which should produce more realistic forecasts.

For more, check out the story: temblor.net/temblor/past-e…

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In this short video, Ross S Stein describes his and colleagues' recent Coulomb stress transfer analysis of the Feb. Turkey earthquakes, and touches on why this matters for California.

Analysis: temblor.net/temblor/insigh…

Video: youtube.com/watch?v=hVBxyg…

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Want to understand aftershocks, and see some very helpful visualizations? Check out this very helpful report about the Turkey earthquakes by Vijdan Mohammad Kawoosa, with comments by Dr. Susan Hough, Harold Tobin and others.

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Professor Emeritus Mustafa Erdik TÜRKİYE DEPREM VAKFI and colleagues examine the Feb. 6 earthquakes, ground motion, building design and more in this preliminary report for temblor

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Professor Emeritus Mustafa Erdik @DepremVakfi and colleagues examine the Feb. 6 earthquakes, ground motion, building design and more in this preliminary report for @temblor temblor.net/temblor/prelim…
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After a major earthquake (or even smaller ones), what are the kinds of data that scientists look at, and why do these datasets matter? How can this information, specifically seismic + remote sensing + GPS data, help people on the ground? Get ready for a long-ish 🧵 (1/n)

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