Record #:

25879

Author(s):

Hoffman, Colie

Abstract:

Seismologist Jose Rial is studying global warming and glacial quakes in Greenland. When the glaciers shift, they crack and produce hundreds of micro-earthquakes. According to Rial, the increasing number and intensity of glacial quakes corresponds to rapid glacial melting.

Source:

Endeavors (NoCar LD 3941.3 A3), Vol. 23 Issue 3, Spring 2007, p30-31, il

Subject(s):

Global warming; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--Research