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Man invents tsunami sensor, internet obsesses over his dog

Can we please discuss that perfect dog?

April Hautea

on June 22, 2017

This pensive dog upstaged his owner and wasn't even aware of it.

Inventor Jerry Paros posed for a photograph for an article in the publication Nature about his invention -- an ultra precise quartz sensor that could contribute to an early-warning system designed to detect shifts in the sea floor that cause tsunamis.

Tsunamis are caused primarily by earthquakes that occur in the seafloor, since rapid shifts in elevation can generate waves that cross oceans in a matter of several hours. In 2011, a massive tsunami hit northern Japan following a magnitude 9.0 earthquake off the coast, resulting in the meltdown of nuclear reactors at the Fukashima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant.

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