tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8524070301101240472.post5459986371665725153..comments2023-09-28T08:13:11.489-07:00Comments on Only In It For The Gold: Welcome to the AnthropoceneMichael Tobishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08229460438349093944noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8524070301101240472.post-73379482752757480012011-03-14T18:46:30.754-07:002011-03-14T18:46:30.754-07:00I've seen a picture of a lrage ocean vessel co...I've seen a picture of a lrage ocean vessel completely washed up on a wide beach in the Bay of Bengal. I assume a tropical cyclone what done it.David B. Bensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02917182411282836875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8524070301101240472.post-13450053289431583022011-03-14T07:06:59.642-07:002011-03-14T07:06:59.642-07:00The forces are too small for a major tectonic even...The forces are too small for a major tectonic event once you do the numbers, though there may be smaller quakes in the ice retreat areas.Michael Tobishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08229460438349093944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8524070301101240472.post-27016172950678549912011-03-14T00:49:28.802-07:002011-03-14T00:49:28.802-07:00While we can't pin the Sendai earthquake on gl...While we can't pin the Sendai earthquake on global warming, just as we can't pin any particular extreme weather event on global warming, there is a straight forward mechanism linking global warming to seismic activity: melting ice sheets mainly in Greenland and Antarctica are causing the tectonic plates on which they sit to move upwards in the viscous upper mantle. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isostasy#Isostatic_effects_of_ice-sheetsozhamlethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03920288524180845891noreply@blogger.com