Dr. Paula Marques Figueiredo

@paleoquake.bsky.social

Active Earth, Faults, Earthquakes! Tectonics & Surface Processes, Tectonic Geomorphology, Geochronology. Retired Surfer. Marie Sklodowska-Curie Fellow, She/her

The “problem” with vaccines? They so effective at preventing deaths that they create generations of people that question whether disease was a problem in the first place because they have never experienced the horrors of a world without vaccines.

🚨I am very honored to announce that I’m starting as a Marie Sklodowska-Curie Fellow at the University of Lisbon, funded by the European Commission 🚨. I am grateful to NCSU where I honed my skills in Quaternary Geochronology and all my USA colleagues who I work with in Earthquake Geology. ☺️🌍

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The aftershock zone of today’s M8.8 Kamchatka megathrust #earthquake is comparable to the rupture area of the 1952 rupture zone from Macinnes et al. (2010). At a rate of 8 cm/year, the accumulated slip of 6 m since 1952 matches with the preliminary rupture model of today’s earthquake pretty well. 🧪⚒️

Earthquake sequences of Kamchatka this month. Pink is M8.8 aftershock sequence.Macinnes et al. (2010) rupture zones

Incredible shrinking Cone of Uncertainty! Kartina 2005 vs Helene 2024. Dramatic improvement in hurricane forecasting due to expertise of NOAA scientists at NHC & AOML. Since 2005 forecast error on 5-day track has decreased by ~50%! We often take these accurate forecasts for granted but... 1/

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I talked to a NOAA colleague yesterday who told me that 75% of the federal employees of his division have left and he’s worried about their ability to get work done even if Congress funds NOAA at some level. The devastation to science will be felt for generations.

Bernie Sanders - A Canadian doctor explains the difference between the universal health care system in Canada, where everyone is covered and there are no out-of-pocket costs, and the American system where people go bankrupt in order to receive cancer treatment. #cdnpoli

My latest @nature.com story shares the human stories behind the massive job loss and brain drain facing US science. The quote I still can't get past: "We want to offer scientific asylum to our colleagues,” said Eric Berton, president of Aix-Marseille University in France.

#OpenToWork: how laid-off US scientists are coping with shattered careers

Unemployed researchers face some tough career choices as they flood the job market after the Trump administration’s cuts to science.

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#MSH45 | May 17, 1980 "I own a piece of the rock." Spirit Lake property owners gather in Toutle, ready for a showdown with officials, but Gov. Dixy Lee Ray will grant their wish. State Patrol Chief Robert Landon informs residents that everyone must sign liability waivers and be out by 6 p.m.

You have to watch it multiple times, to see everything that is going on. Look to 1) co-seismic displacement right of the fence, the ground will move towards your right, indicating that it is a right-lateral displacement. (continues and feel free to add anything more if you see it)

Dr. Paula Marques Figueiredo@paleoquake.bsky.social · last yr.

Apparently surface rupture during the Myanmar 2025. I'm very surprised by the weak shaking along the rupture. I'm not sure if this is the main rupture (I would say no - nonetheless, VERY COOL). Author unknown, location Thazi (to be confirmed)

The whole #MyanmarEarthquake rupture in one interferogram! This is three consecutive wide swath frames of ALOS-2 data, provided by JAXA through agreement with NASA. The line-of-sight (LOS) is ~perpendicular to fault strike, so most of what you see is vertical motion at bends and steps of the fault.

A radar interferogram covering 17.5 to 23.5 degrees north, in Myanmar. Tightly clustered fringes delimit the likely 2025 earthquake rupture zone.