It is indeed on “The Ocho” - the question was more of a poorly articulated “why does this exist?” kind of a question! 😝
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Um. Why is quidditch on TV?
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According to USGS PAGER estimates, more than 22 million people may have experienced light or weak shaking, and an additional 800,000 people may have experienced moderate, strong, or severe shaking. earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/...
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M 6.1 - 10 km SSW of Bigadiç, Turkey earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/...
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"PhD-level experts in your back pocket" is a completely nonsensical description of AI but a pretty good description of social media if you follow the right people
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I have no clue. Given that the waves are small (compared to the depth of the ocean) until they get close to shore my guess is that it doesn’t impact them very much but that is way out of my lane. Any biologists out there that can chime in?
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Bringing the science to science fiction
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Comic-con recap
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Some content sourced from the excellent thread by @diegosismologo.bsky.social about the importance of tsunami warnings.
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I think I know what you’re talking about. That is from the waves encountering islands, or more shallow water. Here’s some information about some issues that can cause. eos.org/articles/off...
Offshore Islands Might Not Shield Coastlines from Tsunami Waves - Eos
Rather than offering protection, islands sometimes cause increased wave run-up on shorelines, experiments in a wave laboratory suggest.
