NRIAG to host seminar on predicting earthquakes with satellites

Egypt's National Research Institute of Astronomy and Geophysics announced an October 5 seminar examining whether specialized satellites can predict earthquakes.

• The seminar, titled "Can earthquakes be predicted using specialized satellites?", convenes Monday at the institute's Helwan headquarters as part of World Space Week.
• Institute head Basem Nabawy will open the seminar, with space geophysics professor Essam Ghamry moderating.
• Diodato Marchetti of Italy's INGV will address how satellites can study lithosphere-atmosphere-ionosphere coupling preceding earthquakes.
• Scientists from the Egyptian Space Agency and German International University will present studies on electromagnetic signatures and ionospheric changes linked to earthquakes.