Changing climate raises earthquake risk

Nepal Earthquake 2015/Laxmi Prasad Ngakhusi/UNDP Nepal/Flickr Photos/Creative Commons

Jayanta Basu As sea water warms due to climate change, it expands; this rise in volume upsets the balance of tectonic plates, says a new study, adding that the Gangetic delta in South Asia is particularly vulnerable An earthquake is building up under the Gangetic delta, which could possibly be linked with the rapid rise… Continue reading Changing climate raises earthquake risk