Climate change affects tectonic plate movement, causing earthquakes: study

[Vi-Jay 218]

Maybe it's the single malt Scotch speaking, but. this is really what it's all about.

One of the sexiest songs ever recorded, Mystify:

Let's all go make babies!

Edited April 15, 2011 by Vi-Jay

[Amby 490]

Maybe it's the single malt Scotch speaking, but. this is really what it's all about.

One of the sexiest songs ever recorded, Mystify:

Let's all go make babies!

Please change your name. Each time I see it I think of the Oprah's vajayjay clip

[Vi-Jay 218]

Please change your name. Each time I see it I think of the Oprah's vajayjay clip

Sorry.

I don't want to feed any phobia's!

An Oprah phobia is not to be taken lightly!

I am open to suggestions, but, please be aware, my wife is the tigress and well, I love my wife.

I'm sure you understand.

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

SYDNEY (AFP) – Scientists have for the first time shown a link between intensifying climate events and tectonic plate movement in findings that could provide a valuable insight into why huge tremors occur.

Understanding why plates change direction and speed is key to unlocking huge seismic events such as last month's Japan earthquake, which shifted the Earth's axis by several inches, or February's New Zealand quake.

An Australian-led team of researchers from France and Germany found that the strengthening Indian monsoon had accelerated movement of the Indian plate over the past 10 million years by a factor of about 20 percent.

Lead researcher Giampiero Iaffaldano said Wednesday that although scientists have long known that tectonic movements influence climate by creating new mountains and sea trenches, his study was the first to show the reverse.

"The closure or opening of new ocean basins or the build of large mountain bands like the Andes or Tibet itself, those are geological processes that affect the pattern of climate," said Iaffaldano, an earth scientist with the Australian National University.

"We are showing for the first time that the opposite also is true, that the pattern of climate is then able to affect back in a feedback mechanism the motion of tectonic plates."

Iaffaldano stressed that his study did not mean that global warming would translate to stronger earthquakes happening more often, with the relevant patterns developing over "the order of millions of years."

"Of course earthquakes do occur at the boundaries between plates because of plate motions, but our work doesn't imply at all that we will see an increase in these types of events," he told AFP.

Iaffaldano collaborated with Universite de Rennes geoscientist Laurent Husson and Hans-Peter Bunge from Munich's LMU university on the study, which was recently published in the Earth and Planetary Science Letters journal.

The team plans to build on the study by probing whether climate events have had a similar impact in other regions.

"For example I can imagine that there might be a signature of climate in the Andes for example or in the Rocky Mountains," said Iaffaldano.

"This is something that we should look at in the future."

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/04/13/climate-can-drive-seismic-shifts-study/

Translation...send money.

[Peikko 1,575]

I get the feeling this is one of our more talented members. The styles seem to change between well known styles of other members. Sometimes it's Darnell, sometimes Marc. I have a few members in mind who are capable of this. The reference to HAARP in this thread might be a hint.

I thought it was you

[luckytxn 2,264]

SYDNEY (AFP) – Scientists have for the first time shown a link between intensifying climate events and tectonic plate movement in findings that could provide a valuable insight into why huge tremors occur.

Understanding why plates change direction and speed is key to unlocking huge seismic events such as last month's Japan earthquake, which shifted the Earth's axis by several inches, or February's New Zealand quake.

An Australian-led team of researchers from France and Germany found that the strengthening Indian monsoon had accelerated movement of the Indian plate over the past 10 million years by a factor of about 20 percent.

Lead researcher Giampiero Iaffaldano said Wednesday that although scientists have long known that tectonic movements influence climate by creating new mountains and sea trenches, his study was the first to show the reverse.

"The closure or opening of new ocean basins or the build of large mountain bands like the Andes or Tibet itself, those are geological processes that affect the pattern of climate," said Iaffaldano, an earth scientist with the Australian National University.

"We are showing for the first time that the opposite also is true, that the pattern of climate is then able to affect back in a feedback mechanism the motion of tectonic plates."

Iaffaldano stressed that his study did not mean that global warming would translate to stronger earthquakes happening more often, with the relevant patterns developing over "the order of millions of years."

"Of course earthquakes do occur at the boundaries between plates because of plate motions, but our work doesn't imply at all that we will see an increase in these types of events," he told AFP.

Iaffaldano collaborated with Universite de Rennes geoscientist Laurent Husson and Hans-Peter Bunge from Munich's LMU university on the study, which was recently published in the Earth and Planetary Science Letters journal.

The team plans to build on the study by probing whether climate events have had a similar impact in other regions.

"For example I can imagine that there might be a signature of climate in the Andes for example or in the Rocky Mountains," said Iaffaldano.

"This is something that we should look at in the future."

http://www.rawstory....c-shifts-study/

Wait. No one is stupid enough to actually buy this ####### is there?

Edited April 15, 2011 by luckytxn

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I thought it was you

Not a chance. There are people here who are looking for an excuse to have me removed from this site. As long as my addiction continues, I can not give them that satisfaction.

[Peikko 1,575]

Not a chance. There are people here who are looking for an excuse to have me removed from this site. As long as my addiction continues, I can not give them that satisfaction.

I see.

[SuperDuper! 230]

The OP just seems to have a hidden agenda in all the provocative articles he posts. Like a "Drudge-wannabe" or something. Trying to push buttons and draw out controversial opinions from the membership here while playing innocent and naive. Very consistent feeling on every article posted in regards to there being some hidden motive why .... Just sayin'.

[Ban Hammer 13,352]

You seem quite skilled at denying things. Doesn't mean it's not true though. I have my sources. If you aren't Gary, why not ask a moderator to confirm or deny that GaryC is NOT one of your former accounts? You change names and post the same topics using the same posts.

because moderators can't do that.

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

because moderators can't do that.

Can't, or won't?

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Can't, or won't?

can't. mods don't get access to webserver logs.

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

can't. mods don't get access to webserver logs.

So, Smoke is "special" when it comes to the offsite.