#seismic event

“Severe weather has strong interactions with the ground, but we haven’t had the capability to study the coupling between the atmosphere and the solid Earth…With this new technology, we can utilize existing fiber-optics networks to clearly see how thunderstorm energy passed through campus.”

Penn State professor, Tieyuan Zhu and a team of researchers turned miles of cables under campus into virtual sensors capable of detecting seismic events caused by thunder echoes. This research can provide information on the Earth’s interior and the impact of other natural hazards.

Read more at Penn State News.