Our hazardous planet: when the world is out to get you
This special issue on earthly dangers starts by looking at wildfires, which are a growing threat especially as people move into fire-prone areas. Find out more in the company of Robert Kremens – who’s unusually both a fire physicist and a firefighter. We also explore how dedicated "storm chasers” are risking their own lives to get close enough to a tornado to gather data on these extreme phenomena. Finally, we look at “slow” earthquakes – tiny, indiscernible tremors – could help us to predict how some of deadliest “fast” earthquakes form.
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