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Well, we are not half way through the year yet, but they certainly seem to be on the mark.
Weather disasters likely to rise - UPI.com
BRUSSELS, Jan. 25 (UPI) -- Though 2010 was a record year in terms of the financial and human loss from natural disasters, trends suggest things could get worse, a Belgian report found.
The Center for Research on Epidemiology of Disasters, at that Universite catholique de Louvain in Brussels, found that the 373 natural disasters in 2010 killed more than 296,800 people and caused about $110 billion in damages.
GALLERY: A year after the Haiti quake
Margareta Wahlstrom, the U.N. special envoy for disasters, said it's critical for local governments to use climate information in urban planning.
Weather patterns El Nino and La Nina, which can trigger heavy rains and volatile weather conditions, are expected to linger for the next 25 years, the World Meteorological Organization predicts.
Wahlstrom said weather-related disasters are likely to rise because of complications tied to global climate change. A heat wave during the summer caused more than 50,000 fatalities in Russia and the January 2010 earthquake in Haiti killed more than 222,000
Read more: Weather disasters likely to rise - UPI.com
Speaking of PREDICTIONS, does anyone else find it spooky that on the day Italians fled Rome because an earthquake had been predicted centuries ago, that an earthquake struck Spain?
Speaking of PREDICTIONS, does anyone else find it spooky that on the day Italians fled Rome because an earthquake had been predicted centuries ago, that an earthquake struck Spain?
Speaking of PREDICTIONS, does anyone else find it spooky that on the day Italians fled Rome because an earthquake had been predicted centuries ago, that an earthquake struck Spain?
No. The quake that hit Spain wasn't particularly big and they get a lot of them in the south. The northern part of Spain is fairly quiet only getting a magnitude 6 quake every 200 years or so. Earthquakes are common as hell.
It's only common sense. You don't build homes and businesses in a flood plane. You don't build on major earth faults. You don't build in areas subject to mud slides. Looking at America, I don't think we have used much common sense developing many areas.
Speaking of PREDICTIONS, does anyone else find it spooky that on the day Italians fled Rome because an earthquake had been predicted centuries ago, that an earthquake struck Spain?
No. The quake that hit Spain wasn't particularly big and they get a lot of them in the south. The northern part of Spain is fairly quiet only getting a magnitude 6 quake every 200 years or so. Earthquakes are common as hell.
Not quite so West...........the frequency of larger magnitude quakes around the ring of fire is up significantly in the last year or so.......as compared to many years prior. Some woman I work with tracks this shit and she was showing me comparison #'s. It was a bit disconcerting.............
Many experts think that global warming and the melting of the glaciers and ice sheets could possibly be contributing to the increase in earthquake activity and that increased volcanic activity could also result.
Could global warming be causing recent earthquakes?
By William Marsden, Postmedia News
March 15, 2011
The Montreal Gazette
(excerpts)
Severe earthquakes in Haiti, Chile and now Japan have experts around the world asking whether the world's tectonic plates are becoming more active — and what could be causing it. Some scientists theorize that the sudden melting of glaciers due to man-made climate change is lightening the load on the Earth's surface, allowing its mantle to rebound upwards and causing plates to become unstuck. These scientists point to the historical increase in volcanic and earthquake activity that occurred about 12,000 years ago when the glaciers that covered most of Canada in an ice sheet several kilometres thick suddenly melted.
"There is certainly some literature that talks about the increased occurrence of volcanic eruptions and the removing of load from the crust by deglaciation," said Martin Sharp, a glaciologist at the University of Alberta. "It changes the stress load in the crust and maybe it opens up routes for lava to come to the surface. "It is conceivable that there would be some increase in earthquake activity during periods of rapid changes on the Earth's crust."
At the same time, the number and severity of earthquakes appear to have increased over the last thirty years in tandem with accelerating glacial melt. ...the recent increase in major earthquakes, which are defined as above 6 on the Richter magnitude scale. Japan's earthquake was a 9. Scientists have been tracking these powerful quakes for well over a century and it's unlikely that they have missed any during at least the last 60 years.
According to data from the U.S. Geological Survey
there were 1,085 major earthquakes in the 1980s. {in ten years}
This increased in the 1990s by about 50 per cent to 1,492 {in ten years}
and to 1,611 from 2000 to 2009. {in ten years}
Last year, and up to and including the Japanese quake, there were 247 major earthquakes. {in just a little over one year}
There has been also a noticeable increase in the sort of extreme quakes that hit Japan. In the 1980s, there were four mega-quakes, {in ten years}
six in the 1990s and {in ten years}
13 in the last decade. {in ten years}
So far this decade we have had two. {in just a little less than one and a half years}
© Copyright (c) The Montreal Gazette
(In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, this material is distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for research and educational purposes.)
Many experts think that global warming and the melting of the glaciers and ice sheets could possibly be contributing to the increase in earthquake activity and that increased volcanic activity could also result.
Could global warming be causing recent earthquakes?
By William Marsden, Postmedia News
March 15, 2011
The Montreal Gazette
(excerpts)
Severe earthquakes in Haiti, Chile and now Japan have experts around the world asking whether the world's tectonic plates are becoming more active — and what could be causing it. Some scientists theorize that the sudden melting of glaciers due to man-made climate change is lightening the load on the Earth's surface, allowing its mantle to rebound upwards and causing plates to become unstuck. These scientists point to the historical increase in volcanic and earthquake activity that occurred about 12,000 years ago when the glaciers that covered most of Canada in an ice sheet several kilometres thick suddenly melted.
"There is certainly some literature that talks about the increased occurrence of volcanic eruptions and the removing of load from the crust by deglaciation," said Martin Sharp, a glaciologist at the University of Alberta. "It changes the stress load in the crust and maybe it opens up routes for lava to come to the surface. "It is conceivable that there would be some increase in earthquake activity during periods of rapid changes on the Earth's crust."
At the same time, the number and severity of earthquakes appear to have increased over the last thirty years in tandem with accelerating glacial melt. ...the recent increase in major earthquakes, which are defined as above 6 on the Richter magnitude scale. Japan's earthquake was a 9. Scientists have been tracking these powerful quakes for well over a century and it's unlikely that they have missed any during at least the last 60 years.
According to data from the U.S. Geological Survey
there were 1,085 major earthquakes in the 1980s. {in ten years}
This increased in the 1990s by about 50 per cent to 1,492 {in ten years}
and to 1,611 from 2000 to 2009. {in ten years}
Last year, and up to and including the Japanese quake, there were 247 major earthquakes. {in just a little over one year}
There has been also a noticeable increase in the sort of extreme quakes that hit Japan. In the 1980s, there were four mega-quakes, {in ten years}
six in the 1990s and {in ten years}
13 in the last decade. {in ten years}
So far this decade we have had two. {in just a little less than one and a half years}
© Copyright (c) The Montreal Gazette
(In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, this material is distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for research and educational purposes.)
Completely, and utterly ridiculous. Earthquakes happen at depths far below what any surface warming could effect. Temperatures of the crust range from 200C to 400C and the temperature of the mantle range from 500C to 900C. It takes a million years for molten rock to cool one degree at depth. The claims are completely stupid and anyone with even a passing knowledge of geology realises this.
Isostatic rebound has been going on since the continental ice sheets melted and the area of the Great Lakes and Greenland has been rising at the rate of one inch per year for the last 10,000 years.
These claims are as ignorant, or more likely disingenuous, as those claiming ocean acidification.
Many experts think that global warming and the melting of the glaciers and ice sheets could possibly be contributing to the increase in earthquake activity and that increased volcanic activity could also result.
Could global warming be causing recent earthquakes?
By William Marsden, Postmedia News
March 15, 2011
The Montreal Gazette
(excerpts)
Severe earthquakes in Haiti, Chile and now Japan have experts around the world asking whether the world's tectonic plates are becoming more active and what could be causing it. Some scientists theorize that the sudden melting of glaciers due to man-made climate change is lightening the load on the Earth's surface, allowing its mantle to rebound upwards and causing plates to become unstuck. These scientists point to the historical increase in volcanic and earthquake activity that occurred about 12,000 years ago when the glaciers that covered most of Canada in an ice sheet several kilometres thick suddenly melted.
"There is certainly some literature that talks about the increased occurrence of volcanic eruptions and the removing of load from the crust by deglaciation," said Martin Sharp, a glaciologist at the University of Alberta. "It changes the stress load in the crust and maybe it opens up routes for lava to come to the surface. "It is conceivable that there would be some increase in earthquake activity during periods of rapid changes on the Earth's crust."
At the same time, the number and severity of earthquakes appear to have increased over the last thirty years in tandem with accelerating glacial melt. ...the recent increase in major earthquakes, which are defined as above 6 on the Richter magnitude scale. Japan's earthquake was a 9. Scientists have been tracking these powerful quakes for well over a century and it's unlikely that they have missed any during at least the last 60 years.
According to data from the U.S. Geological Survey
there were 1,085 major earthquakes in the 1980s. {in ten years}
This increased in the 1990s by about 50 per cent to 1,492 {in ten years}
and to 1,611 from 2000 to 2009. {in ten years}
Last year, and up to and including the Japanese quake, there were 247 major earthquakes. {in just a little over one year}
There has been also a noticeable increase in the sort of extreme quakes that hit Japan. In the 1980s, there were four mega-quakes, {in ten years}
six in the 1990s and {in ten years}
13 in the last decade. {in ten years}
So far this decade we have had two. {in just a little less than one and a half years}
© Copyright (c) The Montreal Gazette
(In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, this material is distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for research and educational purposes.)
Completely, and utterly ridiculous. Earthquakes happen at depths far below what any surface warming could effect. Temperatures of the crust range from 200C to 400C and the temperature of the mantle range from 500C to 900C. It takes a million years for molten rock to cool one degree at depth. The claims are completely stupid and anyone with even a passing knowledge of geology realises this.
Isostatic rebound has been going on since the continental ice sheets melted and the area of the Great Lakes and Greenland has been rising at the rate of one inch per year for the last 10,000 years.
These claims are as ignorant, or more likely disingenuous, as those claiming ocean acidification.
A lot of stuff in the real world must seem "completely, and utterly ridiculous" to someone as misinformed, ignorant, unimaginative and confused as you are, walleyed. The only claims that are "ignorant, or more likely disingenuous" are yours. Greenland has not been rising an inch per year for ten thousand years (830 feet???). The ice sheets on Greenland have stayed pretty constant for that time and the land has only recently started to rebound as the ice sheet melts and the glacier flow into the sea increases.
Greenland Rising Rapidly as Ice Melts
Date: 18 May 2010
Global Warming Might Spur Earthquakes and Volcanoes
Aug 30, 2007
Fire and Ice: Melting Glaciers Trigger Earthquakes, Tsunamis and Volcanos
Geologists Say Global Warming Expected to Cause Many New Seismic Events
Oh, and BTW...
Ocean Acidification: The Other Carbon Dioxide Problem
NOAA
skooks is more interested in the political/practical side. and the tide is turning now that CAGW predictions are proving to be false time after time.
people dont like being fooled.
Many experts think that global warming and the melting of the glaciers and ice sheets could possibly be contributing to the increase in earthquake activity and that increased volcanic activity could also result.
Could global warming be causing recent earthquakes?
By William Marsden, Postmedia News
March 15, 2011
The Montreal Gazette
(excerpts)
Severe earthquakes in Haiti, Chile and now Japan have experts around the world asking whether the world's tectonic plates are becoming more active and what could be causing it. Some scientists theorize that the sudden melting of glaciers due to man-made climate change is lightening the load on the Earth's surface, allowing its mantle to rebound upwards and causing plates to become unstuck. These scientists point to the historical increase in volcanic and earthquake activity that occurred about 12,000 years ago when the glaciers that covered most of Canada in an ice sheet several kilometres thick suddenly melted.
"There is certainly some literature that talks about the increased occurrence of volcanic eruptions and the removing of load from the crust by deglaciation," said Martin Sharp, a glaciologist at the University of Alberta. "It changes the stress load in the crust and maybe it opens up routes for lava to come to the surface. "It is conceivable that there would be some increase in earthquake activity during periods of rapid changes on the Earth's crust."
At the same time, the number and severity of earthquakes appear to have increased over the last thirty years in tandem with accelerating glacial melt. ...the recent increase in major earthquakes, which are defined as above 6 on the Richter magnitude scale. Japan's earthquake was a 9. Scientists have been tracking these powerful quakes for well over a century and it's unlikely that they have missed any during at least the last 60 years.
According to data from the U.S. Geological Survey
there were 1,085 major earthquakes in the 1980s. {in ten years}
This increased in the 1990s by about 50 per cent to 1,492 {in ten years}
and to 1,611 from 2000 to 2009. {in ten years}
Last year, and up to and including the Japanese quake, there were 247 major earthquakes. {in just a little over one year}
There has been also a noticeable increase in the sort of extreme quakes that hit Japan. In the 1980s, there were four mega-quakes, {in ten years}
six in the 1990s and {in ten years}
13 in the last decade. {in ten years}
So far this decade we have had two. {in just a little less than one and a half years}
© Copyright (c) The Montreal Gazette
(In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, this material is distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for research and educational purposes.)
Completely, and utterly ridiculous. Earthquakes happen at depths far below what any surface warming could effect. Temperatures of the crust range from 200C to 400C and the temperature of the mantle range from 500C to 900C. It takes a million years for molten rock to cool one degree at depth. The claims are completely stupid and anyone with even a passing knowledge of geology realises this.
Isostatic rebound has been going on since the continental ice sheets melted and the area of the Great Lakes and Greenland has been rising at the rate of one inch per year for the last 10,000 years.
These claims are as ignorant, or more likely disingenuous, as those claiming ocean acidification.
A lot of stuff in the real world must seem "completely, and utterly ridiculous" to someone as misinformed, ignorant, unimaginative and confused as you are, walleyed. The only claims that are "ignorant, or more likely disingenuous" are yours. Greenland has not been rising an inch per year for ten thousand years (830 feet???). The ice sheets on Greenland have stayed pretty constant for that time and the land has only recently started to rebound as the ice sheet melts and the glacier flow into the sea increases.
Greenland Rising Rapidly as Ice Melts
Date: 18 May 2010
Global Warming Might Spur Earthquakes and Volcanoes
Aug 30, 2007
Fire and Ice: Melting Glaciers Trigger Earthquakes, Tsunamis and Volcanos
Geologists Say Global Warming Expected to Cause Many New Seismic Events
Oh, and BTW...
Ocean Acidification: The Other Carbon Dioxide Problem
NOAA