New Zealand earthquake damage illustrates risks from crustal faults | News & Research Communications | Oregon State University. Even though this earthquake was weaker than last year’s event, it was much shallower; was situated directly under Christchurch; hit during the lunch hour when more people were exposed to damage; and shook sediments that were prone […]
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New Zealand earthquake damage illustrates risks from crustal faults
Monday, February 28th, 2011In Memory of Dr. George Porter
Friday, February 4th, 2011The College of Science mourns the loss of a great Alumnus. Dr. George A. Porter Dr. George A. Porter graduated from Oregon State College (now University) in 1953. After graduation, he attended Medical School at OHSU where he earned both an M.D. and an M.S. Dr. Porter served as the first chief of the division […]
Surprise in Sargasso
Tuesday, February 1st, 2011Surprise in Sargasso Lee Sherman, terra Magazine Microbes are masters of adaptation. In some of Earth’s most extreme environments — Antarc- tica’s frigid ice fields, Yellowstone’s sulfuric hot springs, Crater Lake’s lightless depths, the oceans’ deep-sea basalts — Stephen Giovannoni has discovered thriving communities of bacteria. As the holder of the Emile F. Pernot Distinguished […]
