Links + Resources

This Dynamic Earth: The Story of Plate Tectonics
[http://pubs.usgs.gov/publications/text/dynamic.html]
Sponsored by the United States Geological Survey, this site provides a brief introduction to the concept of plate tectonics and uses easy-to-read illustrations and photos to complement the text.

Thich Nhat Hanh on the Tsunami
[http://www.greenmountaincenter.org/tsunami.htm]
Read a transcript of a dharma talk given by Thich Nhat Hanh in Plum Village on December 30, 2004 in which the Vietnamese Buddhist monk comments on embracing pain and suffering in the aftermath of the tsunami disasters.

"Wave That Shook the World
[http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/tsunami/]
The PBS series Nova dissects the seismic events of the 2004 tsunami in the Indian Ocean. The site features interactive presentations showing the impact of past and future tsunamis and displaying a step-by-step analysis of how tsunamis form.

Video Interview with Ursula Goodenough
[http://www.meta-library.net/bio/goode-frame.html]
Features a video lecture of Goodenough speaking about emergence, transcendence, and religious naturalism.

"Writing on the Walls"
[http://www.americanscientist.org/template/AssetDetail/assetid/34130/page/1]
An article by Susan E. Hough in the July-August 2004 issue of American Scientist that mentions "earthquake Christians" and explores the possibility that California's petroglyphs may document ancient earthquakes.

"There Are Two Flavors of God People"
[http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/asia/jan-june05/tsunami_1-07.html]
PBS' Online NewsHour speaks with Simon Winchester, author of a book about the famous 1883 volcanic explosion of Krakatoa and the devastating tsunamis that followed, about the ways people change after seismic disasters occur.

Images of the Lisbon Earthquake
[http://nisee.berkeley.edu/images/servlet/KozakBrowse?eq=5234]
The National Information Service for Earthquake Engineering at UC, Berkeley presents a wonderful collection of copper and wood engravings and prints of the disastrous consequences of the 1755 quake.