Why Study Geophysics?
Rocking your world Have you been amazed by the natural forces that come into play during a powerful earthquake or been shocked by the widespread destruction caused by tsunamis? Such awesome physical manifestations of the earth’s dynamic nature have inspired many scientists to study geophysics. Geophysicists develop scientific methods for understanding the earth and how it works, apply this knowledge to help locate underground natural resources that we depend on, predict future natural disasters, and even theorize about the physical make-up of other planets in our solar system. World wonders Successful geophysics students are curious about the world around them, particularly the physical processes underlying natural events such as earthquakes, volcanoes, tsunamis, and the dynamic forces at work in these phenomena. They enjoy solving problems in mathematics, physics and geology, and are fascinated by large-scale earth processes and events that occur thousands of kilometres away or billio
