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A weekly feature (begun December 2004), supported by the Bryn Mawr College Center for Science in Society,
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January 14, 2005
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"Deadly and Yet Necessary, Quakes Renew the Planet"
They approach the topic gingerly, wary of sounding callous, aware that the geology they admire has just caused a staggering loss of life. Even so, scientists argue that in the very long view, the global process behind great earthquakes is quite advantageous for life on earth - especially human life.

Powerful jolts like the one that sent killer waves racing across the Indian Ocean on Dec. 26 are inevitable side effects of the constant recycling of planetary crust, which produces a lush, habitable planet. Some experts refer to the regular blows - hundreds a day - as the planet's heartbeat. Read more...

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"You can no more win a war than you can win an earthquake." ~ Jeannette Rankin

Continuity and Catastrophe
The 2005 Indian Ocean tsunami as a starting point for a story of story-telling.

Information for Plate Tectonics
The story of Plate Tectonics is a fascinating story of continents drifting majestically from place to place breaking apart, colliding, and grinding against each other; of terrestrial mountain ranges rising up like rumples in rugs being pushed together; of oceans opening and closing and undersea mountain chains girdling the planet like seams on a baseball; of violent earthquakes and fiery volcanoes. Plate Tectonics describes the intricate design of a complex, living planet in a state of dynamic flux.


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