The Gaia Update is a (almost) weekly short news podcast on what the earth has been up to. It focuses on the three big natural disaster types: Earthquakes, Volcanoes and Tsunamis, but also highlights other geology and earth science related news and research.
Information is from the following resources:
Earthquakes: The USGS Earthquakes Page
Volcanoes: Smithsonian Weekly Volcano Activity Report
Hawaii Segment:
Get the latest Kilauea eruption update: Hawaii Volcano Observatory
The audio is a mix testimonies from a public meeting: Video
and the Hawaiian chant Aia O Pele I Hawai’i: Video
Chant information: Aia Lä `O Pele I Hawai`i (Pele Is At Hawai`i)
Other Sources:
[1] http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-napa-woman-dies-napa-earthquake-toppled-tv-20140910-story.html
[2] http://www.al.com/news/huntsville/index.ssf/2014/09/earthquake_detected_in_north_a.html
[3] http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asiapacific/indian-ocean-wide-tsunami/1353946.html
Intro and outro music is provided by music alley, and is exerpts from polyambs by litvinov and nomerovskiy. Thank you Blessed Steno for watching over me while I work on this project!
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