Article to be published in the "Warta"
a publication of The Geological Society of Malaysia
Studies of earthquakes in Longmenshan, China, have shown that the thrustbelt erupted to life in January 2008, producing several hundreds of quakes
following a period of relative inactivity. The article attemps to draw circumstantial evidence that tectonic stress (in this case: Indian Plate, South China Block, Sundaland Block) affects entire plates or sub-plates. Following this argument, there are indications that other fault zones on the Tibetan Plateau are becoming more active, too. Recent methods for monitoring earthquakes are discussed, bottomline being that both the big picture and spot measurements/ surveillance are necessary to better predict future earthquakes.
Where do viruses, such as Ebola and HIV, come from and why they are so aggressive? This book changed tenets of evolutionary virology, developing the concepts of aggressive symbiosis and plague culling, which explain much of the horror of plague virus
Our human genome is full of viruses similar to HIV-1. These have played an important role in human evolution and still play an important role in human embryology and day-to-day chemistry. Just how important are they to our evolution past and future?
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