05-06-2013
A show case of one of the most popular courses at San Diego University in Califórnia – Natural Disasters. This talk will examine how natural processes and their energy release, involving land, water, sky, and space, impact humans, often with tremendous deaths tolls. Who gets affected? Why? Where… Students learn to appreciate Earth´s processes and how we are powerless in the face of this energy release.
This talk provides an overview of how using natural disasters works really well in teaching earth science at the undergraduate level.
14:00 Natural Disasters: Understanding the Science and Risks
Isabel Sacramento Grilo, San Diego State University
15:00 Hipóteses sobre a fonte sismogenética e tsunamigénica do sismo de 1755
José Carlos Kullberg, Dep de Ciências da Terra FCT/UNL
15:40 Debate
Moderador: Paulo Legoinha, Dep de Ciências da Terra FCT/UNL
