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Southern California can now expect to see post-wildfire landslides occurring almost every year, with major events expected roughly every ten years, a new study finds.
Southern California can now expect to see post-wildfire landslides occurring almost every year, with major events expected roughly every ten years, a new study finds. The results show Californians are now facing a double whammy of increased wildfire and landslide risk caused by climate change-induced shifts in the state’s wet and dry seasons, according to researchers who mapped landslide vulnerability in the southern half of the state.
“This is our attempt to get people thinking about where these hazards are going to be before there’s even a fire,” said Jason Kean, a hydrologist at the U.S. Geological Survey in Denver and lead author of the new study in Earth’s Future, AGU’s journal for interdisciplinary research on the past, present and future of our planet and its inhabitants. “By proacti
The following story originally appeared in as an online exclusive for the W&M Alumni Magazine. - Ed.
William & Mary alumni have a long history of service at the highest levels of government a legacy stretching from George Washington (who received his surveyor’s license at William & Mary in 1749) to our current Chancellor, Bob Gates ’65, L.H.D. ’98, former Secretary of Defense.
President Joseph R. Biden Jr. and Vice President Kamala Harris have already appointed several William & Mary alumni to their administration, all of whom have served their nation and advanced their fields since their graduations from the Alma Mater of the Nation. While more may still be appointed, here’s a snapshot of William & Mary alumni who have been named by the administration so far.
Amateur Radio Helping to Fill Earthquake Report “Donut Holes” 02/25/2021
An
article describing how radio amateurs can help fill the information “donut hole” by providing post-earthquake “did you feel it” (DYFI) reports via
Winlink HF radio email appeared on February 22 in the American Geophysical Union (AGU) magazine
Eos. As the article points out, “Ham radio networks gear up to provide real-time, on-the-ground information about earthquake shaking and damage when other communication pathways are knocked out of commission.” Authors of the article were David J. Wald of the US Geological Survey (USGS), Vincent Quitoriano, and Oliver Dully, K6OLI.
As the article explains, DYFI uses a questionnaire to gather individuals’ experiences and observations, and USGS uses the information to evaluate the shaking intensity at that person’s location. DYFI has been in operation since 1999 in the US and 15 years around the world, during which the USGS has gathered mo
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