Dummies Discuss Plate Tectonics and Global Warming

[thundley4]

theophilus   (1000+ posts)             Sat Feb-27-10 10:42 AM
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I expect flames, etc., but COULD these recent quakes be caused
   
by "global warming". Could the melting of ice in the polar regions and other changes in snow cover, etc. cause a "shake up" like we are seeing? Does anyone else here think it is possible? I kinda do. It's just my opinion but has anyone seen any science that might touch on this? Thanks for the unrec, in advance.

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Morning Dew   (1000+ posts)             Sat Feb-27-10 10:49 AM
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3. The Gods are ANGRY !! This calls for sacrificing teabaggers.
   
Seriously, I don't have any idea if there could be a connection.

Good question.
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peggygirl (80 posts)           Sat Feb-27-10 10:54 AM
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11. I think it is a reasonable question.
   
No one really knows.
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MineralMan   (1000+ posts)             Sat Feb-27-10 11:07 AM
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25. What you mean to say is that you don't know.
   
I imagine there are people who have been studying this somewhat longer than you have. They probably do know, to a high degree of certainty.

Um, yeah. If there was any correlation, then Al Gore would be screaming this from the rooftops.  He's quiet, therefore there is no legitimate connection.

Cirque du So-What   (1000+ posts)           Sat Feb-27-10 10:50 AM
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5. It's called 'post-glacial rebound,' and the theory has credible proponents
   
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post-glacial_rebound

Not very credible if the Global Warming nuts aren't using their theories.

MineralMan   (1000+ posts)             Sat Feb-27-10 10:51 AM
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6. It's highly unlikely that surface temperature changes would
   
have any influence on earthquakes, which are driven by plate tectonics. Those all depend on the high temperatures deep underground. The surface temperature of the Earth is pretty much irrelevant to tectonics.

A voice of reason at the DUmp.  Let's remember that Ali G said the temperature inside the earth was millions of degrees.

KittyWampus   (1000+ posts)             Sat Feb-27-10 11:00 AM
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16. temperature differentials mean pressure differentials.

Does that mean there is a vacuum in your head during the winter?

mopinko   (1000+ posts)             Sat Feb-27-10 11:02 AM
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19. it may not be significant, but in physics, you can't just say
   
temperature is irrelevant. higher surface temperatures would change the rate at which heat dissipates, which will cause a slight rise in underground temperatures. extremely slight, and inconsequential, perhaps. but heat is heat. physics is physics.

Oh, just shut up. You're just making yourself look stoopid by trying to sound smart.

ensho   (1000+ posts)           Sat Feb-27-10 10:52 AM
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8. I've seen reports saying that the melting ice takes the weight away
   


and the land makes adjustments.

so climate change could play a part in earthquakes.

Got a link? Didn't think so.

[Freeper]

theophilus  Donating Member  (1000+ posts)  Journal  Click to send private message to this author  Click to view this author's profile  Click to add this author to your buddy list  Click to add this author to your Ignore list      Sat Feb-27-10 10:42 AM
Original message
I expect flames, etc., but COULD these recent quakes be caused
   
by "global warming". Could the melting of ice in the polar regions and other changes in snow cover, etc. cause a "shake up" like we are seeing? Does anyone else here think it is possible? I kinda do. It's just my opinion but has anyone seen any science that might touch on this? Thanks for the unrec, in advance.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x7806821

No actually what causes earthquakes is Mikey Moore doing jumping jacks in the morning.

They claim that we use Bin Ladin and terrorists as the "bogeyman" when they say global warming (which hasn't occurred since 1995) causes everything from earth quakes to snow flakes in june.  
I kind of feel sorry for the people who have bought the global warming climate change hoax. It must be dreadful to believe that the simple act of us breathing will destroy the world.

[jukin]

What we need is some chicken wire and cinder blocks to prove this out.


As to the original hypothesis, shit like that is why we call you DUmmys.

[Freeper]

DOH!!!!!

Sorry I duped you.

[Freeper]

Subdivisions  Donating Member  (1000+ posts)  Journal  Click to send private message to this author  Click to view this author's profile  Click to add this author to your buddy list  Click to add this author to your Ignore list      Sat Feb-27-10 11:17 AM
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44. Teabaggers say Obama has an earthquake-making machine that
   
he pointed at Haiti. Their claims Obama pointed it at Chile are now coming in.

This is funny considering you goons said Bush caused a Tsunami.

[Chris]

Subdivisions  Donating Member  (1000+ posts)  Journal  Click to send private message to this author  Click to view this author's profile  Click to add this author to your buddy list  Click to add this author to your Ignore list      Sat Feb-27-10 11:17 AM
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44. Teabaggers say Obama has an earthquake-making machine that he pointed at Haiti. Their claims Obama pointed it at Chile are now coming in.

[thundley4]

I would think that gravitational forces between the earth and sun might have more of an effect. There is a wide variance in the distance between the two.

[JohnnyReb]

Overweight freeloading DUmmies in blue states are causing the earthquakes...to much weight in those states cause the ground to sink thereby pulling the rest of us into it much like a black hole.

Science experiment you can do at home to prove it (if you don't have cement blocks and chickenwire) Stand in the middle of your bed and watch the bedcovers come to you.

[Celtic Rose]

In reality, I think it was a Venezuelan news report that claimed that the US had an earthquake machine. 

[thundley4]

In reality, I think it was a Venezuelan news report that claimed that the US had an earthquake machine. 

I thought Hogo himself made that claim. I thought it was brought up here and over on the Island of the Damned.

[Celtic Rose]

I thought Hogo himself made that claim. I thought it was brought up here and over on the Island of the Damned.

It may have been Hugo himself, or just someone fairly high up in the government.  I don't remember the specifics.

[Chris]

That makes more sense.  I would expect Hugo to say something stupid like that.