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Natural Hazards

Optical fiber map
October 19, 2017
Stanford School of Earth, Energy & Environmental Sciences

The same optical fibers that deliver high-speed internet and HD video to our homes could one day double as seismic sensors for monitoring and studying earthquakes.

 

illustration of satellite approaching Florida
September 1, 2017
Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment

Stanford experts comment on how climate change and infrastructure planning contribute to the severity of impacts from extreme weather events like Hurricane Harvey.

The Macellum of Pozzuoli
July 9, 2015

Research by Tiziana Vanorio finds that fiber-reinforced rocks beneath Italy’s dormant Campi Flegrei supervolcano are similar to a wonder-material used by the ancients to construct enduring structures such as the Pantheon, and may lead to improved building materials.

HIV education sign in Africa
June 18, 2015

A new study by Marshall Burke finds that bad weather in sub-Saharan Africa increases the spread of HIV. 

Oil rig
June 18, 2015

A new Stanford study finds that the recent spike in triggered earthquakes in Oklahoma is primarily due to the injection of wastewater produced during oil production.

Ship grounded after tsunami
June 8, 2015

The combined expertise of Stanford Earth geophysicists has recently moved the scientific community closer than ever to understanding and predicting the behavior of tsunamis and earthquakes.

May 22, 2015

PhD student Anne Sanquini studies how to motivate people to take precautionary action to protect their homes and schools against earthquakes.  Her work led her to Kathmandu Valley, Nepal where she was on the ground for the magnitude-7.8 earthquake, the very quake she had been preparing for.

Earthquake epicenter of the coast of Japan
March 9, 2015

Four years after one of the largest earthquakes in recorded history devastated Japan, Stanford geophysicists Greg Beroza, Eric Dunham, and Paul Segall provide new insights that help clarify why previous assumptions about the fault had been so wrong.  Using new technologies, they explain what happened during the earthquake and tsunami, and discuss ongoing research that helps society better prepare for similar events in the future.

Jenny Suckale writing out an equation
November 11, 2014

Jenny Suckale is endlessly fascinated by the Navier-Stokes equation, which she uses to study everything from volcanic eruptions to Antarctic ice flow. The story of how Suckale came to discover and love the Earth Sciences is as nonlinear as some of the natural phenomena she studies.

Volcano
November 10, 2014

Eric Dunham gets to the bottom of Alaska's screaming volcanoes with the help of audio magnification and 80s hair metal.

Greg Beroza standing at the epicenter of the Loma Prieta earthquake
October 17, 2014

Prof. Greg Beroza hiked to a tranquil redwood forest where he explained the origin and impact of a devastating 6.9 magnitude earthquake that occurred 25 years ago. Back on campus, he and colleagues explained their leading edge seismology research.