The 9.0 earthquake of March 11, 2011, generated a 130-foot wave that devastated 217 square miles of Japan’s coast, resulting in well over 15,000 deaths and an estimated 25 million tons of debris. However, “there is no confirmed estimate of how much actually went into the water. There is also little information on what types of debris (boats vs. trash vs. appliances) went into the water. Immediately after the event,...
Read More“American mapmaking’s most prestigious honor is the ‘Best of Show’ award at the annual competition of the Cartography and Geographic Information Society. The five most recent winners were all maps designed by large, well-known institutions: National Geographic (three times), the Central Intelligence Agency Cartography Center, and the U.S. Census Bureau. But earlier this year, the 38th annual Best of Show award...
Read MoreColin Schultz, a science writer affiliated with the American Geophysical Union, recently notified Professor Libe Washburn that “The editors have selected your Journal of Geophysical Research – Oceans paper, entitled ‘The propagating response of coastal circulation due to wind relaxations along the central California coast,’ as an AGU Research Spotlight.” (Citation: Washburn, L., M. R. Fewings, C. Melton,...
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