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Feb 2020
57m 29s

Cryoseismology (ICEQUAKES) with Celeste ...

ALIE WARD
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Glaciers: Where are they? What are they made of? What happens when chunks splinter off into the sea? There are ICEQUAKES? CalTech Cryoseismologist Celeste Labedz sometimes wears a cape with her snowpants and spends part of her career shooting explosions into giant chunks of ice and recording the seismic activity, analyzing the rivers that flow through glacie ... Show More
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