ViewfromthePier.com Announces May's "Peer to Pier" Interview
Website founder Meg Pier converses with Dr. Jian Lin, senior scientist of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Online, May 4, 2011 (Newswire.com) - Dr. Jian Lin, a senior scientist with Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, is featured as the subject of the monthly "Peer to Pier" interview column on www.ViewfromthePier.com (http://www.viewfromthepier.com/peertopier/jian-lin-woods-hole/).
An expert on earthquakes and native of China, Dr. Lin explains how his interest in earth science was triggered while in high school by the 1976 Tangshan earthquake, which had a magnitude 7.8. Lin also describes how just two months later, China's political landscape changed dramatically as well, with the passing of the Chairman Mao Zedong era opening up new educational, economic and cultural opportunities for its citizens.
"Jian's story is a profound reminder of how quickly the status quo can change-for better, or worse," said Meg Pier, proprietor of www.ViewfromthePier.com. "I learned a great deal about the inner workings of this planet of ours in this conversation with Jian, not the least of which is its ever-present inter-connectivity."
In the interview Lin provides a "tour" of geologic hot spots, deep sea hydrothermal vents and the abyssal terrain, offering insight into the factors that contribute to earthquakes and efforts being made to better forecast these events.