Dna
05-26-2006, 09:47 PM
I found this article in the NewScientist: Pretty Shocking. Unfortunately, only part is available online.
Link to Article: (http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg19025531.300.html)
Climate change: Tearing the Earth apart?
* 27 May 2006
* Bill McGuire
* Magazine issue 2553
Never mind the weather, climate change could rip up the very fabric of our planet, says Bill McGuire
WITHIN days of the Indian Ocean tsunami in December 2004, the internet was alive with theories about how climate change was to blame for the disaster. Some of the explanations were far-fetched to say the least. One I particularly liked proposed that, because of global warming, "magma in the Earth's core [sic] is heating up, raising the Earth's temperature and causing eruptions and earthquakes."
This is clearly nonsense, but the idea that climate change is linked to extreme geological events is not as far-fetched as it might sound. All over the world evidence is stacking up that changes in global climate can and do affect the frequencies of earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and catastrophic sea-floor landslides. Not only has this happened several times throughout Earth's history, the evidence suggests that it is starting to happen again. While no serious scientist is suggesting that the Sumatran earthquake was triggered by global warming, ...
Link to Article: (http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg19025531.300.html)
Climate change: Tearing the Earth apart?
* 27 May 2006
* Bill McGuire
* Magazine issue 2553
Never mind the weather, climate change could rip up the very fabric of our planet, says Bill McGuire
WITHIN days of the Indian Ocean tsunami in December 2004, the internet was alive with theories about how climate change was to blame for the disaster. Some of the explanations were far-fetched to say the least. One I particularly liked proposed that, because of global warming, "magma in the Earth's core [sic] is heating up, raising the Earth's temperature and causing eruptions and earthquakes."
This is clearly nonsense, but the idea that climate change is linked to extreme geological events is not as far-fetched as it might sound. All over the world evidence is stacking up that changes in global climate can and do affect the frequencies of earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and catastrophic sea-floor landslides. Not only has this happened several times throughout Earth's history, the evidence suggests that it is starting to happen again. While no serious scientist is suggesting that the Sumatran earthquake was triggered by global warming, ...