BBC Radio 4: Material World

Arwen Deuss was a guest in the BBC Radio 4 program “Material World”. Together with Dr Saskia Goes from Imperial College, she is interviewed by Sue Nelson about our ability to assess earthquake risk. You can read more and listen to the radio program here.

The UK may have recently experienced its biggest earthquake in over 25 years, with toppling chimney pots a symbol of the shuddering events on the Earth’s surface, but just what is happening below our feet? Sue Nelson talks to scientists who have discovered the first direct evidence of how and when the Earth’s crust, made up of rock plates, sinks downwards into the deepest reaches of the Earth. Could this improve our ability to assess earthquake risk? Sue is joined by Dr Saskia Goes, Department of Earth Science & Engineering, Imperial College, University of London and Dr Arwen Deuss, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge.