Tag: rapid response
September 29, 2017
Jackson School Rapid Response Mission Wraps Up Hurricane Harvey Surveys
By Monica Kortsha Jackson School Science Writer This post is third in a series documenting the Jackson School of Geoscience’s Rapid Response mission to study…
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Jackson School Rapid Response Mission Continues Collecting Data from Seabed to Study Impacts of Hurricane Harvey
By Monica Kortsha Jackson School Science Writer This post is second in a series documenting the Jackson School of Geoscience’s Rapid Response mission to study…
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Jackson School Surveying Hurricane Harvey Damage to Coastal Systems
By Monica Kortsha Jackson School Science Writer This post is first in a series documenting the Jackson School of Geoscience’s Rapid Response mission to study…
Read MoreJune 30, 2015
Earthquakes in Western Solomon Islands Have Long History, Study Shows
Researchers have found that parts of the western Solomon Islands, a region thought to be free of large earthquakes until an 8.1 magnitude quake devastated…
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Typhoon Haiyan’s Storm Surge May Contaminate Aquifer for Years
In research of significance to the world’s expanding coastal populations, scientists have found that geology and infrastructure play key roles in determining whether aquifers that…
Read MoreDecember 11, 2013
Post-Sandy Survey Shows a Polluted but Generally Intact Barrier System off Long Island
As coastal communities continue to rebuild in the wake of Hurricane Sandy, scientists at this week’s annual meeting of the American Geophysical Union offer some…
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