AGU24: What's Next for Science

The American Geophysical Union (AGU) Annual Meeting was a blast. With over 25,000 attendees from 100+ countries, this has been the largest Earth and space science conference I have ever been to. As part of an oral session about <a href="https://agu.confex....
Published on December 15, 2024 | 1 min read

Getting to the Surface of the Problem

On November 4th 2024, the SCEC Dynamic Rupture community convened online and tackled new benchmark problems of simulating spontaneous (dynamic) earthquake rupture on a shallowly dipping fault near Earth’s surface. In this benchmark exercise, rupture r...
Published on November 19, 2024 | 1 min read

The science of planning for future tsunamis

I just returned from an exciting and very informative tsunami topical workshop “From hazard to risk: The science of planning for future tsunamis” as part of CRESCENT (<a href="https://cas...
Published on November 15, 2024 | 5 min read

Present-day kinematic motion of Anatolia

The present-day kinematic motion of Anatolia is impressive. As shown in the figure below, the motion at regional GNSS (Global Navigation Satellite System) stations indicates a clear circular counterclockwise rotation towards the Hellenic Arc subduction zone with respect to the Anatolia-Eurasia...
Published on March 26, 2023 | 2 min read

How to use GIMP for figure processing

I introduce the steps how the title figure of a blog post can be generated, with the white bold title overlaying the blurred image. Since the post Present-day kinematic motion of Anatolia links global and regional plate tectonics, I searched for...
Published on March 24, 2023 | 1 min read