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Reflection: While none of the interviews seemed to relate to my project topic of March Madness, the “Predicting Health, and Earthquakes” interview with Brendan Meade and Susan Murphy had several interesting topics. The portion that addressed predicting earthquakes was especially surprising to me. Brendan Meade explained that scientists now use GPS to predict earthquakes before they happen. But how could GPS—which uses satellites above the Earth—be used to predict Earth activity below the surface? GPS actually can accurately measure the Earth's surface's movements so that we can see where tectonic plates collide and grind. This helps scientists to model where and how severe future earthquakes might be. I figured that scientists had methods for predicting earthquakes, but I would not have guessed GPS to be the primary tool to do so.
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“NASA Tests GPS Monitoring System for Big U.S. Quakes.” NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), April 24, 2012. https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasa-tests-gps-monitoring-system-for-big-us-quakes.
