Word: geysers
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Geysers like Old Faithful fire fountains of steaming water from the earth at impressively regular intervals. When the intervals change, though, it may be time to stop being impressed and start running for cover. According to a report in Science, the interval between one geyser's eruptions, at least, tends to fluctuate before a major earthquake takes place. The only catch: the quakes happen far away...
...report is based on a study of a geyser near Calistoga, a town in Northern California's wine country noted for its hot springs. Two scientists, now at Washington's Carnegie Institution, analyzed the timing of eruptions from 1973 to 1991. They found that the schedule was disrupted one to three days before each of the three biggest earthquakes of the period in the region. Just before the devastating Loma Prieta quake that hit the San Francisco area during the 1989 World Series, for example, the time between eruptions jumped from 90 to 150 minutes. Because the quakes occurred...
Another Corporation member is Henry Rosovsky, In addition to his post there, Rosovsky holds the prestigious Geyser University professorship and is a former dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. A consummate insider, Rosovsky is easily one of the most powerful people at the university--earning his nickname, "Mr. Harvard Yard...
...addition, Geyser University Professor and former Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences Henry Rosovsky will join the school's faculty next year as well...
Knowles' appointment as Houghton Professor of Biochemistry was the first made by Geyser University Professor Henry Rosovsky when the latter assumed the deanship in 1973. Knowles moved into the mauve dean's office immediately after Rosovsky's one-year stint as acting dean last year...