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424: What Happens to Cables When The Earth Moves Under Our Feet?
How are submarine cables impacted by tectonic shifts beneath the seafloor?
This week's guests are well-positioned to tell us. They join us from the UK’s National Oceanography Centre: Isobel Yeo, Researcher in Geology and Volcanology, and Michael Clare, Principal Researcher of Ocean BioGeoscience and Marine Environmental Adviser to the International Cable Protection Committee.
Mike and Izzy are geologists specializing in the seafloor, so their research has become vital for the submarine cable community.
While most cable faults are due to human activity, a fair number are caused by changes in…
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