What new research on the Cascadia fault finds about the Pacific Northwest’s ‘big one’
Researchers are just beginning to pore over a 41-day coastal voyage’s data. Researchers from the Pacific Northwest have spent 41 days studying earthquakes and tsunamis off the coast of the Cascadia fault, which is expected to occur in 2021. The team spent the time on a 235-foot vessel, which was anchored by the research vessel for 41 continuous days. The findings, which were published in Science Advances, shed new light on earthquakes and tsunami warnings. This will enable researchers to better model earthquakes, and prepare for the eventual "big one."
Publicados : 11 meses atrás por Andrew Miller, Riya Sharma no Weather
Just off the Pacific Northwest coast amid record-breaking heat in 2021, researchers braved oddly cold, stormy seas to study another threat to the region — earthquakes and tsunamis. The team of about 50 remained onboard the 235-foot vessel for 41 continuous days.
Their findings — leading to a study released Friday in the journal Science Advances — shed new light on earthquakes. With this new, mostly unexplored data, researchers will be better equipped to model earthquakes and tsunamis — and prepare the Pacific Northwest for the eventual “big one.”
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