Old knowledge teaching new geology tricks

A scientific project has transformed a North American indigenous community to become caretakers of their own history

BY RICHARD A LOVETT
OLD KNOWLEDGE TEACHING NEW GEOLOGY TRICKS


Asmall indigenous community on North America’s north west coast has been struck by two giant earthquakes 300 years apart – one, literally, the other metaphorically, but both had enormous impact. On 26 January 1700, a giant earthquake somewhere between...

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