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Cleita Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-14-11 11:44 AM
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Old article on global climate change but foresees what's
happening today.

http://www.livescience.com/7366-global-warming-spur-earthquakes-volcanoes.html


Global Warming Might Spur Earthquakes and Volcanoes
Andrea ThompsonDate: 30 August 2007 Time: 04:57 AM ET

Earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, tsunamis and landslides are some of the additional catastrophes that climate change and its rising sea levels and melting glaciers could bring, a geologist says.

The impact of human-induced global warming on Earth's ice and oceans is already noticeable: Greenland's glaciers are melting at an increasing rate, and sea level rose by a little more than half a foot (0.17 meters) globally in the 20th century, according to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.

With these trends in ice cover and sea level only expected to continue and likely worsen if atmospheric carbon dioxide levels continue to rise, they could alter the stresses and forces fighting for balance in the ground under our feet—changes that are well-documented in studies of past climate change, but which are just beginning to be studied as possible consequences of the current state of global warming. more at link.


Considering the extreme global events that have been occurring in the past years but especially the recent year, shouldn't the Koch Brothers ilk and Bildebergers of the world be taking notice? Let's face it Mother Nature is an equal opportunity destroyer and no amount of money will save your life when a catastrophic event occurs and you are under it.

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