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In 2008 a team of scientists warned that a large earthquake could hit Haiti. Local geologist Carol Prentice, who was part of that team, discusses how they came to that conclusion and how the Bay Area could be next.

The aftermath of the earthquake in Haiti has been devastating. The Academy is part of San Francisco’s Haiti Earthquake Relief program; we have a coin collecting machine on-site to collect donations to assist four different organizations. If you’re unable to visit us and would like to donate, you can also go to their website for more info.

 

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As the Bay Area marks the 20th anniversary of the Loma Prieta earthquake, we take a look at earthquake monitoring technology out of UC Berkeley. If you had a few second warning, what would you do?

Thanks to our partners at KQED Quest for giving us a great story to put on our screens!

 

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Is the recent dust storm that swept through Sydney a sign of climate change?

The images were too amazing to pass this story up. As we were doing our research, we found this interesting article saying that dust storms help decrease the affects of global warming. No scientists were named in the story, so we decided to dig deeper. Contacting various departments at UC Berkeley, we were put in contact with Charlie Koven, who had done his PhD thesis on dust and climate change. What a great find. Thanks to Skype, we were able to interview him in France, where he’s currently a postdoc.

 

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