Dr. Lydia Staisch
@faultscarp
Tectonics and earthquake hazards researcher, a Cuban/German/American mélange, unapologetic dog enthusiast, outdoors(wo)man, tweets are my own
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http://lydiastaisch.wix.com/lydiastaisch 31-03-2015 00:14:20
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Our new research in Nature Communications shows sea-level rise exposes the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach to higher impacts from Alaskan tsunamis. By 2100, a tsunami from a M8 Alaskan earthquake causes similar impacts in CA to waves from an Alaskan M9.1 today. rdcu.be/cCQl7
Congratulations Canada! The #ShakeAlert system in California, Oregon, & Washington look forward to many years of partnership to advance and apply #EEW to keep people safe. We are all in this together! Natural Resources ShakeOut BC USGS Earthquakes USGS PNSN WA Emergency Management OregonOEM California Governor's Office of Emergency Services University of Washington
New paper out today! We compare tsunami run-up in a coastal system for statically adjusted and dynamically adjusted sea level rise and bathymetry. We find tsunami run-up for the dynamic case is ~3x times larger than for the static case. Dr. Robert Weiss doi.org/10.3389/fmars.…