The seismic sense : how animals predict earthquakes
(2012)
Nonfiction
eVideo
Details
PUBLISHED
[United States] : Leonardo Film, 2012
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Made available through hoopla
DESCRIPTION
1 online resource (1 video file (approximately 52 min.)) : sd., col
ISBN/ISSN
MWT17146409, 17146409
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Cast: Chihiro Yamanaka,Helmut Tributsch,Guido Westhoff,David Oppenheimer,David Lockner,Jim Berkland,Antony Fraser-Smith,Joseph Kirschvink,Friedemann Freund,Rachel Grant
Earthquake prediction is perhaps modern science's greatest failure. Geologists use sophisticated methods to study seismic activity but are still nowhere near a prediction. Some scientists take a different approach. Studying snakes, toads and dogs, they noticed peculiar behavior just days before an earthquake. Could this help predict earthquakes?
Rated PG
Mode of access: World Wide Web