Jackie Caplan-Auerbach
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| Dakota Creek bridge will get seismic retrofits | While significant earthquakes don’t happen very often in Whatcom County, the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) is making sure that if one does occur the Dakota Creek Bridge on Peace Portal Drive will be ready to rock and roll. On February 11, Whatcom County Council… |
2014-02-13 | |
| WWU faculty find overwhelming scientific evidence to support global warming | On March 26, 2013, a long-retired faculty member of our department, Don Easterbrook, presented his opinions on human-caused global climate change to the Washington State Senate Energy, Environment and Telecommunications Committee at the invitation of the committee chair Sen. Doug Ericksen, R.-… |
2013-04-01 | |
| Rumbles in the Alps reveal rockslides | Until now, most seismic research on landslides has focused on how to identify individual slides among the general seismic din of the Earth. But in comparison with earthquakes, rockslides produce "kinda ugly signals", so they are difficult to detect, says Jackie Caplan-Auerbach, a… |
2011-12-01 | |
| Rumbles in the Alps reveal rockslides | Until now, most seismic research on landslides has focused on how to identify individual slides among the general seismic din of the Earth. But in comparison with earthquakes, rockslides produce "kinda ugly signals", so they are difficult to detect, says Jackie Caplan-Auerbach, a… |
2011-11-30 | |
| Mount Baker Overdue For Eruption | Thirty-one years after the eruption of Mount Saint Helens, a local expert says the volcano in our own backyard could be overdue for an eruption. Jackie Caplan-Auerbach, Assistant Geology Professor and Volcano Seismologist at Western Washington University, says Mount Baker is an active… |
2011-05-19 | |
| Caplan-Auerbach to explain all about earthquakes April 19 and 21 on campus | 2011-04-15 | ||
| Global Gathering April 11 to focus on local seismic activity | 2011-04-11 | ||
| What makes some earthquakes more deadly than others? Faculty GUR group to discuss | 2011-03-30 | ||
| Earthquakes a possibility for Whatcom County, tsunami threat smaller | If the recent earthquakes and tsunami in Japan made you wonder about the potential for disaster in Whatcom County, you're not alone. "Most people right now are saying, 'Holy smokes, can we get something like Japan here?'" said Jackie Caplan-Auerbach, associate… |
2011-03-22 | |
| WWU's Caplan-Auerbach to discuss earthquakes at Feb. 18 WWURA luncheon | 2011-02-04 |