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Haitian Seismologists//Changing Antarctic Climate
- Autor: Vários
- Narrador: Vários
- Editor: Podcast
- Duración: 0:24:31
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Feature #1: (start time: 06:03) On January 12, 2010, just over three years ago, a magnitude 7 earthquake shook Haiti, taking more than 200,000 lives and displacing an estimated 2 million. Still today, the International Organization for Migration estimates hundreds of thousands of people are without permanent homes, and in many ways Haiti seems no closer to rebuilding than it did three years ago. Co-host Beth Bartel speaks to Haiti's first seismologists -- Roby Douilly and Steeve Symithe, both graduate students at Purdue University -- about the future of Haiti and a career in seismology there Feature #2: (start time: 15:42) You’ve probably heard by now that 2012 was the warmest ever in the U.S. We’re not the only ones overheating. At the bottom of the world, over the last 50 years, West Antarctica has warmed more than scientists had thought. The implications are huge; an enormous ice sheet there may be at risk of long-term collapse, which could cause sea levels to rise alarmingly. Co-host Susan Moran spea