Natural Hazards and Disasters

Donald Hyndman is an emeritus professor in the Department of Geology at the University of Montana, where he has taught courses in natural hazards, regional geology, igneous and metamorphic petrology, volcanology and advanced igneous petrology. He continues to lecture on natural hazards and study climate change and its effects on the atmosphere surface processes. Donald is co-originator and co-author of six books in the ROADSIDE GEOLOGY series, one on the geology of the Pacific Northwest and he has also written a textbook entitled PETROLOGY OF IGNEOUS METAMORPHIC ROCKS. His B.S. in Geological Engineering is from the University of British Columbia, and his Ph.D. in Geology is from the University of California Berkeley. He has received the Distinguished Teaching Award and the Distinguished Scholar Award, both given by the University of Montana. David Hyndman, Donald's son, is a young star in the geological sciences. Since 2021, he has been Dean of the School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics and an endowed professor of Geosciences at the University of Texas at Dallas. Before that, he was a full professor at Michigan State University after earning his PhD from Stanford University in 1995. In 2002, he received the Darcy Distinguished Lecturer award, a top award for a hydrogeologist. He received teaching awards at Michigan State University and was actively involved in teaching an Integrative Studies Natural Hazards course, one of the largest enrollment earth sciences courses in the country. He continues his long-time research on groundwater, its relationship to surface waters and their responses to climate change.

1. Natural Hazards and Disasters.
2. Plate Tectonics and Physical Hazards.
3. Earthquakes and Their Causes.
4. Earthquake Predictions, Forecasts, and Mitigation.
5. Tsunami.
6. Volcanoes: Tectonic Environments and Eruptions.
7. Volcanoes: Hazards and Mitigation.
8. Landslides and Other Downslope Movements.
9. Sinkholes, Land Subsidence, and Swelling Soils.
10. Weather, Thunderstorms, and Tornadoes.
11. Climate Change: Processes and History.
12. Climate Change: Impacts and Mitigation.
13. Streams and Flood Processes.
14. Floods and Human Interactions.
15. Waves, Beaches, and Coastal Erosion.
16. Hurricanes and Nor’easters.
17. Wildfires.
18. Asteroids and Comet Impacts.