Posted by:
Nightingale
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Date: April 10, 2024 07:10PM
GNPE Wrote:
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> Ummm
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> What EXACTLY do earthquakes have to do with
> Climate Change?
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> in my book, No Relationship whatsoever...
Maybe we can never say never:
https://news.miami.edu/stories/2023/09/scientists-study-likely-link-between-climate-and-earthquakes.html"...can climate change - specifically, rising rainfall rates and glacial melting - affect earthquakes, which can be triggered by changes in the amount of stress on a fault?
"The connection is not as farfetched as one might think, according to ... professor of marine geosciences and an expert on volcanism and tectonics at the University of Miami...
"There are two possible mechanisms," he said in addressing climate's potential impact on earthquakes in general. One is a change in surface loads caused by the melting of an ice cap or the filling of a reservoir or even change in air pressure by an extreme weather system. The other is the infiltration of surface water if the rocks are permeable."
"Torrential rain and intense heat also could factor into the occurrence of earthquakes..."
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