http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu Tapping experts in climate, geology, oceanography, ecology, sustainable development, global health, energy, food and water, State of the Planet captures stories of how the Earth works and how we can sustainably make our lives better. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:31:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/06/28/mapping-water-circulation-above-the-juan-de-fuca-plate/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/06/28/mapping-water-circulation-above-the-juan-de-fuca-plate/#comments Thu, 28 Jun 2012 18:38:03 +0000 Suzanne Carbotte http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=28322 ...]]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/06/28/mapping-water-circulation-above-the-juan-de-fuca-plate/feed/ 1 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/06/23/x-ray-vision-beneath-the-seafloor/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/06/23/x-ray-vision-beneath-the-seafloor/#comments Sat, 23 Jun 2012 05:20:15 +0000 Suzanne Carbotte http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=28221 Yesterday we deployed one of the Langseth’s long cables equipped with listening devices and began the second phase of our survey which we have been awaiting with much anticipation. ]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/06/23/x-ray-vision-beneath-the-seafloor/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/06/19/imaging-the-cascadia-subduction-zone/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/06/19/imaging-the-cascadia-subduction-zone/#comments Tue, 19 Jun 2012 15:55:00 +0000 Suzanne Carbotte http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=28150 In the research expedition now underway, we will investigate the Juan de Fuca plate before it disappears under North America to understand why earthquakes happen where and when they do within the Cascadia subduction zone off the Pacific Northwest. Our ship, the R/V Marcus G. Langseth, is one of 25 research vessels available to U.S. scientists for oceanographic research. ]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/06/19/imaging-the-cascadia-subduction-zone/feed/ 0