VOA - Voice of America English News - VOA News. Learning Resources. Search Results. Wired Magazine. Teachers Love Libraries. Going Green, Green Living, Healthy Living Quiz. Fire and Ice: Melting Glaciers Trigger Earthquakes, Tsunamis and Volcanos. Climatologists have been raising alarms about global warming for years, and now geologists are getting into the act, warning that melting glaciers will lead to an increasing number of earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptions in unexpected places.
People in northern climates who have been looking south and shaking their heads sadly over the plight of people living in the path of Atlantic hurricanes and Pacific tsunamis had better get ready for a few seismic events of their own, according to a growing number of prominent geologists. Less Glacial Pressure, More Earthquakes and Volcanic Eruptions Ice is extremely heavy—weighing about one ton per cubic meter—and glaciers are massive sheets of ice.
When they are intact, glaciers exert enormous pressure on the portion of the Earth’s surface they cover. When glaciers begin to melt—as they are doing now at an increasingly rapid rate due to global warming—that pressure is reduced and eventually released. Listener Mail 124. 14 May, 2012 Cooking with love Photo Credit: Zanthia, via Flickr Voice 1 Welcome to Spotlight’s Listener Mail Program.
