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OctOur Foundation’s Response
to the COVID-19 PandemicSince March 2020 we have committed to being both responsible and responsive as we assess and address matters related to the COVID-19 pandemic with everyone’s safety in mind. In that light, staff are working from home but are accessible through … Continue reading →
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OctAn Eye on the Weather
On October 16, 1975, NASA launched GOES-1 – the first Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite. Over the Indian Ocean, GOES-1 achieved a specific geostationary orbit, approximately 35,785 km (22,236 mi) above the equator, following the direction of Earth’s rotation, matching its … Continue reading →
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Beno Gutenberg
Right to the Core On June 4, 1889, geophysicist and mathematician Beno Gutenberg was born and made the study of Earth’s interior his life’s work. He was the first to determine the radius of Earth’s core. Perhaps the … Continue reading
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Tagged Beno Gutenberg, California Institute of Technology, Caltech Seismological Laboratory, Earth’s core, Gutenberg Discontinuity, June 4, On This Day, The Roberta Bondar Foundation, Vision-Changer
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When the Crust Crumbles
On April 26, 1900, physicist and seismologist Charles Francis Richter was born. A Californian intrigued by earthquakes and the waves of energy they release, he worked with Beno Gutenberg, a world authority on Earth’s interior physics and the man who … Continue reading
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Tagged April 26, Beno Gutenberg, Charles Richter, earthquakes, On This Day, Richter scale, The Roberta Bondar Foundation
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