Jackie Caplan-Auerbach

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Can earthquakes trigger volcano eruptions? Here's the science.

Possible links between these two geologic titans have long fascinated—and divided—scientists. Here’s what the latest studies have to say.

2019-01-14
Deadly Indonesian tsunami was not caused by an earthquake

A tsunami can also be caused by other things that move vast amounts of water, from storms to underwater landslides, which experts think is the most likely explanation for what happened in the Sunda Strait.

“Anything that rapidly displaces water can cause a tsunami, whether or…

2018-12-28
What do Alaska’s earthquakes mean for Whatcom? Stay prepared, says WWU professor

Friday’s earthquakes that rocked Alaska do not have a direct connection to the fault lines near Whatcom County, but it does serve as a reminder about the importance of being prepared.

That’s the message from …

2018-12-03
WWU's Jackie Caplan-Auerbach to discuss Hawaii's Kilauea eruption in pair of talks Oct. 4 and 9 2018-10-03
Volcano Watch: Submarine Kīlauea also impacted by recent events on the volcano

To better understand what’s going on within Kīlauea’s south flank and help determine how it has been affected by the eruption, a group of scientists from Western Washington University, Rice University, and the University of Rhode Island deployed 12 ocean bottom…

2018-08-17
The Effect of Kīlauea Eruption on Ocean Microbes & Ecosystem

Often, research cruises are planned years in advance. In this case, rapid deployment was necessary because phytoplankton blooms, like the one captured in the satellite images, are short-lived.

Karl and team quickly coordinated with Jackie Caplan-Auerbach, a Western Washington…

2018-08-13
Geology's Jackie Caplan-Auerbach Spends Week at Sea Dropping Instruments Offshore of Kilauea Volcano 2018-07-23
Deep beneath the Pacific, another active Hawaiian volcano waits to emerge

 
Although no one directly witnessed the eruption — as that would mean waiting in a deep-sea submersible at a reasonable distance away — scientists still knew about it. Lo‘ihi sits on the side of the Big Island, so the strong earthquakes that typically accompany eruptions were picked…

2018-05-18
Backgrounder: Assessing the West Coast volcano situation

According to Jackie Caplan-Auerbach, associate professor of geology at Western Washington University, there are about a dozen volcanoes between northern California and southern B.C.

The "Cascade Volcanic Arc," as they're collectively called, has been created by the Juan de Fuca plate…

2018-05-15
A ‘landslide observatory’: Scientists study Washington’s Rattlesnake Ridge

The possibility that seismic signals could provide early warning of landslides got a tragic boost last summer, when a towering slope collapsed in Greenland and triggered a 300-foot-high tsunami that killed four people. The closest seismometer was nearly 20 miles away, but it recorded a …

2018-02-14
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