• Episode 8: Tsunamis

  • Dec 10 2020
  • Length: 1 hr and 6 mins
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Episode 8: Tsunamis

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  • What’s big and deadly, and travels faster than a jet plane? It’s a tsunami. Hosts Jane and Ellen explain how ocean waves become tsunamis. They talk about the basic properties of waves, and the differences between tidal waves and tsunamis. They also talk about some famous tsunamis. (Spoiler alert - don’t expect a happy ending.)


    Sources:

    Introduction to Oceanology by Paul Webb, offered online by Roger Williams University
    https://rwu.pressbooks.pub/webboceanography/chapter/chapter-10-waves/ 

    Japan Revives a Sea Barrier That Failed to Hold by Norimitsu Onishi for The New York Times
    https://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/03/world/asia/japan-revives-a-sea-barrier-that-failed-to-hold.html 

    Japan earthquake and tsunami of 2011 by Kenneth Pletcher for Encyclopedia Brittanica Online
    https://www.britannica.com/event/Japan-earthquake-and-tsunami-of-2011

    Tsunami alert twitter feeds from the US National Weather Service:

    https://twitter.com/NWS_NTWC 

    https://twitter.com/NWS_PTWC 

    Music for It’s Sedimentary, My Dear is provided by Solar Sleighs.

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