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Posted Mon May 7 2012: from Yale Environment 300:
Could a Changing Climate Set Off Volcanoes and Quakes? http://apocadocs.com/s.pl?1336411464
Geological disasters might influence climate, for instance when volcanic debris blots out the sun. But climate cannot disrupt geology. Right? Well, actually no, says a British geologist Bill McGuire, in a troubling new book, Waking The Giant: How a Changing Climate Triggers Earthquakes, Tsunamis and Volcanoes. There is, McGuire argues, growing evidence to incriminate changing climate in the planet's most destructive geological events. Melting ice sheets and changes in sea level can, he maintains, set off the largest earthquakes and volcanic eruptions. Indeed, thanks to climate change, a human hand may already be at work. Potentially, McGuire's argument adds a whole new dimension to why we should be worried about climate change.
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'Doc Jim says:
I'd be soooo disappointed if there weren't volcanoes and earthquakes!

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