Geology Department
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| Earthquake research center preps for ‘The Big One’ | Major earthquakes in the Pacific Northwest are fairly uncommon, yet a significant threat looms: “The Big One” is an anticipated earthquake of magnitude 8 or higher. And it could happen any day. This projected earthquake — which would occur along the Cascadia Subduction Zone… |
2023-09-25 | |
| Earthquake research center to prep PNW for impending disaster | Major earthquakes in the Pacific Northwest are fairly uncommon, yet a significant threat looms: “The Big One” is an anticipated earthquake of magnitude 8 or higher. And it could happen any day. This projected earthquake — which would occur along the Cascadia Subduction Zone… |
2023-09-15 | |
| Viral 'Swift Quake' WWU professor aims to make earth science popular | Western Washington University professor Jackie Caplan-Auerbach has rocked the Taylor Swift community following her identification of what has been dubbed the "Swift Quake" — a shake that registered as a 2.3 magnitude earthquake on a seismograph, caused by the musician's recent… |
2023-08-10 | |
| WWU grad student Kristin Carlson working on a NWCASC fellowship on the Nooksack this summer | 2023-08-07 | ||
| Western Geology Alum Receives an NSF Graduate Research Fellowship for 2023 | 2023-06-09 | ||
| The Carnegie Institution's Robert Hazen to Present 'Earth’s Time Capsules: Minerals and the Informatics Revolution' on May 2 at 4 p.m. | 2023-04-28 | ||
| Looking into Augustine's past to better understand its future | WWU's Kristina Walowski discusses her recent research on Alaska's Augustine volcano. Click the link at right to listen. |
2023-04-25 | |
| Research aims to better understand the threat of Augustine Volcano | Researchers are looking to the past of Alaska’s Augustine volcano to find answers about its future. An ongoing research collaboration between the Alaska Volcano Observatory and scientists at Western Washington University seeks to broaden existing knowledge about the volcano to… |
2023-04-24 | |
| Western geology professor taking part in volcanic expedition | Scientists are collecting samples from the ocean floor off the coast of Greece in hopes of predicting future volcanic activity. Among the team will be volcanologist Susan DeBari, a geology professor at Western Washington University. “I feel really lucky to be here,” DeBari said in a Zoom… |
2023-04-19 | |
| Ask the dinosaurs: We aren’t ready for an asteroid ‘Big One’ | It is essential that we support efforts by NASA and others to detect NEOs, characterize them and prepare for a rapid response if we need to deflect one. We in the Pacific Northwest are no more susceptible to an asteroid impact than anyone else — but we may be better suited to understand the… |
2023-04-17 |