NASA Scientists Suggest We’ve Been Underestimating Sea Level Rise

Re:NASA Scientists Suggest We’ve Been Underestimating Sea Le... by elorant on Sunday October 30, 2016 @09:18PM (#12833613)

This makes me wonder. Could it affect seismic activity?

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Re:NASA Scientists Suggest We’ve Been Underestimating Sea Le... by deftnerd on Sunday October 30, 2016 @09:49PM (#12833752)

Indeed it can!

"rapid deglaciation promotes earthquakes ... rebound stress that is available to trigger earthquakes today is of the order of 1 MPa. This stress level is not large enough to rupture intact rocks but is large enough to reactivate pre-existing faults that are close to failure."

- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post-glacial_rebound#State_of_...

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Re:NASA Scientists Suggest We’ve Been Underestimating Sea Le... by spdionis on Monday October 31, 2016 @05:56AM (#12835448)

I wonder if this is related to the streak of big earthquakes happening currently in Italy.

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