"On Topic" with Michael West
This episode鈥檚 guest is , a UAF Research Associate Professor, and . Mike received his PhD at Columbia University in 2001, and has an undergraduate degree in physics from Colorado College. His professional service focuses on advocacy for earthquake and tsunami preparedness, with an emphasis on Alaska and the Arctic.
鈥淎ny time you have an [earthquake] of that size, while it is not welcomed, while it is not something that we want to have happen, it is in some sense an experiment, that is a natural experiment that nature doesn鈥檛 run very often for us. So, there鈥檚 a tremendous amount to learn.鈥