RESEARCH EARTHQUAKE TRIGGER DISTANT SPECULATIVE TAKE BETTS EVENT LIKELY LARGE EXPERT AFFECT EARTH RISING
Scientists today called for ___ into whether more volcanoes, ___ and tsunamis could be ___ by rising global temperatures ___ global warming. Significant warming ___ the atmosphere in the ___ past can be linked ___ changes in geological activity, ___ say. Suggestions that climate ___ predicted for coming decades ___ bring similar changes remain ___, but the scientists say ___ is enough evidence to ___ the threat seriously.
Richard ___, from Exeter, said: “It ___ previously assumed that there ___ no link at all ___ climate change and these ___, but it is possible ___ speculate that climate change ___ make some events more ___. If we do get ___ amounts of climate change ___ the long term, then ___ might see some impacts”.
___ say global warming could ___ geological dangers such as ___ because of the way ___ can move large amounts ___ materials around on the ___’s surface. Melting glaciers and ___ sea levels affect the distribution of huge amounts of water, which release and increase pressures through the ground. Research suggests that the Earth’s surface can sometimes be so close to failure that small changes in surface pressure provoked by heavy rain can produce earthquakes. Actually, tropical storms, snowfall and shifting tides have all been linked to shifts in seismic activity.
Bill McGuire, from University College London, says: “Studies point towards increased risk in relation to a warmer world, and observations suggest that the rise in global temperatures may already be producing disasters in the earth’s surface”.
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Have fun....and take care! 251 SEP-A-2011
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Have fun....and take care! 251 SEP-A-2011
