January 19, 2011, Wednesday - A Sip of Science at Aster Cafe
Time: 5:30pm
Location: The Aster Cafe, 125 SE Main Street
Earthquakes, volcanoes, tsunamis, oh my: The Science of Shifting Tectonic Plates
Recent events in Haiti, Iceland, New Zealand and elsewhere have brought Earth's shifting tectonic plates powerfully back into our collective consciousness. As unusual as the recent string of natural disasters may seem, they are the normal result of the steady shifting of tectonic plates of the Earth's mantle.
Join us for happy hour as University of Minnesota Geology & Geophysics Professor Peter Hudleston puts recent earthquakes, tsunamis, and erupting volcanoes into the context of current scientific understanding of the gradual and continual changes in Earth's surface.
A Sip of Science is a new science happy hour sponsored by the National Center for Earth-surface Dynamics(NCED) (and usually held on the second Wednesday of the month). It is a chance to hear about new and exciting research over beer, in a cool bar. Come talk with the experts about their efforts to address some of the Earth's most pressing problems.
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