The turkey and Syria are facing the rot
of nature, more than 21 thousand people have
already been killed and thousands more
are injured . Efforts continue for the
fifth straight day in freezing
conditions, to try and save those who
still are trapped underneath trouble.
the survivors are still being pulled out
from under collapsed buildings , though
disaster experts warn that the chances
of saving lives
drop sharply after the first golden
window period of 72 hours.
the earthquakes are the result of sudden
movement along false Lines within the
Earth . the movement releases stored up
energy in the form of seismic waves.
which propagate through the Earth and
also cause the ground surface to shake.
but the question of course is this can
the warming Planet actually cause
earthquakes.
that there are researchers who say that
they’ve found evidence that melting
glaciers can trigger earthquakes.
when glaciers melt they Retreat and as a
result of this the loan tectonic plates
actually lessens, and this frees up the
plates to move against each other and
causes the friction that is needed to
make earthquakes.
increasing temperatures also seem to be
a factor in the acceleration of Glacier
melting in places such as Alaska.
although the reduction in glaciers can
lead to an increase in earthquakes . the
primary cause of major earthquakes is of
course the Collision of tectonic plates.
researchers believed that the 1979
earthquake in southern Alaska called the
Saint Elias earthquake , was promoted was
prompted by the rapidly melting glaciers
in the area.
where the earthquake had a magnitude of
about 7.2 on the Richter scale and not
just melting glaciers even rainfall,
believe it or not can influence seismic
activity . scientists have found a
correlation
earthquakes can be triggered or
inhibited By changes in the amount of
stress on a fault and apart from the
melting hours , the other largest climate
variable earthquake in the Himalayas
have been linked to heavy rainfall in
the region. during monsoon season the
addition of water weight reduces micro
seismic activity and in the dry season
it is enhanced and the extra weight
causes plates to move horizontally and
also sometimes vertically.
the 2015 Nepal earthquake resulted in
the loss of over 9000 lives and again
scientists have found links between
precipitation and the tremors.
it’s not just earthquakes human activity
can also have other significant effects
on our planet . the three God is dam in
China the world’s largest hydroelectric
facility and about raising 39 trillion
kilograms of water.
135 meters above the sea level has an
impact on the Earth’s moment of inertia,
and believe it or not it is said to have
slowed down the Earth’s rotation.
NASA is calculated that the dam only
slows the rotation by about .06
microseconds which is 600 of a millionth
of a second.
more research of course is needed to
prove conclusively the link between
climate change and events such as
earthquakes and signs on rapid climate
changes of course established Beyond
doubt , and one could only imagine is to
have our planet might respond to the
rapidly changing environment in the near
future.
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