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Volume 8 Issue 8, August 2015

The role of static versus dynamic stresses in earthquake clusters is unclear. Analysis of earthquakes triggered by a dyke intrusion at an Icelandic volcano unambiguously demonstrates that static stresses are important for earthquake clustering. The image shows the Holuhraun fissure eruption in Iceland on 2 September 2014.

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IMAGE: BOB WHITE

COVER DESIGN: DAVID SHAND

Editorial

  • Reforms in science teaching are building a stronger, more flexible student population ready to face the challenges of the future. We must remove the barriers that prevent these talented students from entering the geosciences.

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Commentary

  • Increased efforts in recruiting minority students have not proven to be enough to address the lack of diversity in the geosciences. A collaborative mentoring culture is needed to permanently change the make-up of our field.

    • Rebecca Haacker
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  • The geosciences benefit from diverse student perspectives and backgrounds, but the field-based learning requirements pose barriers to students with disabilities. If carefully designed, fieldwork can be made accessible while still meeting expectations of academic rigour.

    • Brett Gilley
    • Chris Atchison
    • Alison Stokes
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News & Views

  • Anthropogenic climate change alters the risk of some extreme weather events. High-resolution computer simulations suggest that Black Sea warming made the devastating 2012 Krymsk flood possible — a virtually impossible event just 30 years ago.

    • Friederike E. L. Otto
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  • On 25 April 2015 northern Nepal shifted up to 7 m southward and Kathmandu was raised by 1 m. The causal earthquake failed to fully rupture the main fault beneath the Himalaya and hence a large earthquake appears to be inevitable in Nepal's future.

    • Roger Bilham
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  • Antarctic Ice Sheet change during the last glacial cycle is unclear. The timing of moraine development in the Ross basin suggests that the ice sheet reached maximum thickness under the warming temperatures of the last termination.

    • Jeffrey Evans
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  • Reforms in science education are aiming to teach scientists the skills they need for the twenty-first century, as documented in a NatureSpecial (nature.com/stem). It is important, too, to provide opportunities in the sciences for bright students from all backgrounds. In this web focus, we present a collection of opinion pieces that introduce a range of ideas for breaking down barriers to engaging in the geociences.

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