By "affect", I am asking if global warming impacts the magnitude and/or frequency of earthquakes. If you know of any sources I could read on the subject, that would be very helpful.
2007-08-16 19:35:32 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Environment ➔ Global Warming
Large changes of mass distribution because of the melting of glaciers. But the one to worry about is the earthquake that causes the WAIS to break up and fall in the ocean. I guess that it could happen at the NP as well but most of the ice shelf in the north is more stable than the WAIS. The WAIS is sitting on land that is well below sea level. If it breaks up it is already in the ocean. The WAIS is West Antarctic Ice Shelf.
http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn6962
Go to widow.com and do a search for.
"WAIS" or "ice shelf" or "glaciers"
Much of this information has been made unacessable. I do not know who or why made the information go away. But much is still available.
2007-08-17 03:36:56 · answer #1 · answered by everymansmedium 2 · 0⤊ 3⤋
Climatic cycles (global warming/cooling) cannot affect earthquakes in any way.
Climate is weather, an atmospheric condition. Earthquakes are geologic, a subsurface planetary phenomenon.
2007-08-17 02:01:06 · answer #2 · answered by credo quia est absurdum 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
in many cases, it would not. in spite of the undeniable fact that, with the aid of fact the ice from the final ice age melted, the North American continent began to upward push. What replaced into as quickly as the Champlain Sea is now the super Lakes, and that they are dropping their water speedier than it fairly is coming in, further inflicting this "leap decrease back." in spite of the undeniable fact that, that's an exceedingly sluggish technique, and mutually as there'll surely be countless tiny quakes, that's unlikely that there will be any fairly super ones. nevertheless, any quakes from the style of factor could desire to be seen to have climate exchange (and specific, it fairly is worldwide warming) as a reason.
2016-10-15 21:59:30 · answer #3 · answered by blide 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is no relation to global warming and earthquakes.
2007-08-17 04:20:32 · answer #4 · answered by Captain Algae 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Only my opinion ... I believe the Global Warming affects everything, pretty much - sea life in the oceans to natural disaters. However, I think the Earth is doing its own Global Warming cycle ... I'm not sure how responsible we human beings are for Global Warming.
2007-08-16 20:20:14 · answer #5 · answered by DeadSurvivor 7 · 1⤊ 3⤋
In my opinion, that would be hard to scientifically hard to prove. Eathquakes are caused by the earth's layers shifting. Storms and bad weather occur from heated air.
Come join our new group, it is Green and Global warming are some of the issues.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Green_Technology/
2007-08-17 02:56:19 · answer #6 · answered by smittybo20 6 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Yes, Global warming affects earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanoes, hurricanes, petulance, plagues, low test scores, and everything else that's bad in the world. And it's all caused by George Bush.
2007-08-16 20:14:50 · answer #7 · answered by Dr Jello 7 · 4⤊ 4⤋
The atmosphere has NO effect on seismic activity.
2007-08-16 19:42:37 · answer #8 · answered by 3DM 5 · 4⤊ 1⤋
plate tectonics become more active possibly or because there is more water from the caps melting the earth shifts and causes earth quakes.
another view is it just gets warmer for magma to erupt and causing earth quakes.
2007-08-16 22:43:17 · answer #9 · answered by piscean_psychic7 2 · 0⤊ 3⤋
i dont think it does cuz gobal warmin has to do with storms n stuff like that
2007-08-16 19:39:07 · answer #10 · answered by The Midnight Captain 4 · 3⤊ 1⤋