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Seismologist Dmytro Hryn: Is tectonic activity increasing and what does it mean for Ukraine

15.08.2025

Is tectonic activity really increasing? Which regions of Ukraine are seismically hazardous? Is it possible to predict an earthquake and how does science help reduce risks for people and infrastructure?

In the new episode of the program "About Science. Competently" (hosted by academician of the NAS of Ukraine Volodymyr Seminozhenko), you will learn why the earth moves, what lies behind the nature of earthquakes, and how Ukrainian scientists are working on safety under seismic threats.

The guest of the studio is the leading researcher of the S.I. Subbotin Institute of Geophysics of the NAS of Ukraine, Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Dmytro Hryn.

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