Are
you standing on solid ground? Beneath the surface, our planet pulses
with heat and motion. Processes deep in Earth’s interior shape everything from
the magnetic field and plate tectonics to earthquakes and volcanoes. Yet, much
of what lies below remains a mystery. At the next Secret Science Club, prepare to
go deeper than ever before with Maureen Long as she takes us from
the lithosphere to the core-mantle boundary.
Geophysicist Maureen Long uses recordings of earthquakes from all over the world to study
the deep structure of the Earth, how Earth’s mantle is like a lava lamp,
and how plate tectonics shape the geology of our planet. A professor of geology
and geophysics at Yale University and an observational seismologist, she has
conducted fieldwork in the Peruvian Andes, the High Lava Plains of Oregon, the
Appalachians of West Virginia, and on the Research Vessel Endeavor in the Atlantic Ocean. The author of over 60 scientific
papers and winner of the Macelwane Medal from the American Geophysical Union, she
also works with Earthscope—a program of the National Science Foundation that
has deployed thousands of geophysical instruments to study the deep structure of
the North American continent and the causes of earthquakes and volcanic
eruptions. Dr. Long has been a featured scientist on NPR and CBS News, and
frequently speaks about seismology, plate tectonics, and natural disasters to the
public.
--Try
our cocktail of the night, the Seismic Wave… We’ll put some temblor in
your tumbler
--Shake,
rattle, and roll to tunes from Earth’s basement tapes
--Stick
around for earthshaking Q&A!
This
molten edition of the Secret Science Club meets Monday, July
17, 8PM @ the Bell House, 149 7th St. (between 2nd and 3rd
aves) in Gowanus, Brooklyn. Subway: F
or G to 4th Ave,
R to 9th St.
Doors
open at 7:30PM. Please bring ID: 21+
No cover. Just bring your smart
self.
