Category: Earthquake

Doors Drones Earthquake Flying Robot Mashable Video

These drones can open doors and let the rest of the swarm in

sudshr47 December 11, 2018

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Researchers at Stanford University and EPFL have developed drones that can anchor themselves onto a surface and lift objects that are 40 times their own weight. The FlyCroTugs — aka flying, micro, tugging robots — use gecko-inspired adhesive to adhere to smooth surfaces and micro-spines that look like tiny fish hooks to latch onto rough surfaces. Read more…

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Alaska Earthquake Photos Science Web Culture

Photos of collapsed, cracked roads show the power of Alaska’s earthquake

sudshr47 December 1, 2018

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Photos of the wreckage in Alaska highlight the power of Friday’s destructive earthquake.

Anchorage and its surrounding areas were shaken by a 7.0 magnitude earthquake on Friday morning. Gov. Bill Walker issued a disaster declaration, closing schools as roads and bridges collapsed and cracked. The Anchorage Water Waste and Utility Department advised residents to boil their water in case of contamination.

Here’s a look at major infrastructure damage shared online in the aftermath:

I just got sent home from work after a massive earthquake in Anchorage, #Alaska : pic.twitter.com/gOXsUrzdGT

— Ryan Hobbs (@RyanHobbsMMA) November 30, 2018 Read more…

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Earthquake Earthquakes How She Works Kasey Aderhold Seismology

Watching the world ripple with an earthquake seismologist in Alaska

sudshr47 May 17, 2018

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Kasey Aderhold is an earthquake seismologist with the Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology (IRIS), a NSF-backed group that helps conduct and coordinate major seismology projects. They’e currently finishing a major project in which they put seismic sensors all over the United States. Their goal is to better understand earthquakes. 

Although she’s based in D.C., Kasey often travels to her home state of Alaska to help set up, monitor, and maintain seismic sensors across the remote Alaskan wilderness. Read more…

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Department of Homeland Security Donald Trump Earthquake Haiti Immigration

People are furious with Trump’s decision to end temporary protection for Haitians

sudshr47 November 21, 2017

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When news spread Monday that the Trump administration decided to end a program that gives temporary protected status, or TPS, to Haitians displaced by a 2010 earthquake, social media erupted in anger.

About 59,000 Haitians live and work in the U.S. under the program — once it ends, it will force those Haitians to return to their slowly recovering country by July 2019 or risk deportation.

More than 100,000 people died as a result of the 7.0-magnitude earthquake. Homes, buildings and infrastructure were destroyed, and the country is still struggling to recover. The country was granted temporary protection after the devastation. Nearly 60,000 Haitians came to the U.S. Read more…

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