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Tom Mitchell
Professor of Earthquake Geology & Rock Physics
Cool Rock & Ice Physics stuff
I recently featured in a New Scientist video where we squash Antarctic ice cores to help predict when huge ice cracks might form. It’s a fascinating look at how tiny bubbles trapped for thousands of years can reveal big clues about our planet’s future. Watch the video and read the article here:
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Below is a recent demo I recorded in the lab for prospective students to UCL - check it out here to get a flavour of what we do - enjoy the exploding rock under uniaxial compression captured with a high speed camera..
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