Geologist at the geohazard•climate•policy nexus. Hazard + risk. GIS, lidar, landslides, debris flows, floods. Kentucky Colonel in New Mexico. He/him.
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Bill Haneberg
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people who work and invest in AI frequently ask me why their work polls so badly
Not to mention state university boards of trustees. Seems like at least half of 'em are car dealers (and the other half real estate developers).
The magma body is pushing Earth's surface upward at about 3 mm (1/8") per year and swarms of small to moderate earthquakes above the magma body aren't unusual. Most of them are too small for people to feel (although I remember a magnitude 4.5 quake when I was living in Socorro in 1989).
The New Mexico quakes were above the Socorro magma body, a well-known laterally extensive (3600 sq km, 1300 sq miles) but thin (~100 m, 330 ft) mid-crustal body of 1100° C (2000° F) molten rock about 20 km (12 miles) deep.
geoinfo.nmt.edu/publications...
The largest earthquake in New Mexico's recorded history was around magnitude 6.0—that's an estimate because there were no seismographs then—in 1906, also near Socorro.
geoinfo.nmt.edu/publications...
Part of the context for this is the recent Supreme Court approved Rio Grande Compact settlement between New Mexico and Texas, which brings to an end years of disagreement but also means tighter water supplies and likely retirement of some water rights in the Lower Rio Grande valley of New Mexico.
Not all STEM guys, ofc. But anybody who’s ever worked in, say, education, humanities, health care, etc can tell you that they’ve met their share of STEM guys who are under the impression that they could just effortlessly pivot to your field if they wanted to do so
