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Cox Bay Beach near Tofino on Vancouver Island, B.C. Recent research suggests that part of the Cascadia subduction zone, just offshore of Vancouver Island, may be undergoing a dramatic change due to a newly identified tear in the subducting plate. (Getty Images/Unsplash+)

The Cascadia Subduction zone isn’t shutting down – but it’s more complicated than we thought

Alexander Lewis Peace, McMaster University

The interpretation that the subduction zone is winding down gets ahead of the science. What the new research actually shows is far more complex and interesting.
The Bald Mountain Wildfire in the Grande Prairie area in Alberta in May 2023. Much of B.C. and Alberta is already experiencing higher-than-usual wildfire risk. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Government of Alberta Fire Service

As we fight the Alberta and B.C. wildfires, we must also plan for future disasters

Jonathan Eaton, University of British Columbia and Sara Shneiderman, University of British Columbia

High-risk, high-uncertainty events like earthquakes tend to fall out of view when we are occupied with more predictable seasonal events like wildfires, which have very visible effects on our lives.

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