How climate change might trigger more earthquakes and volcanic eruptions
Climate change is causing increasingly severe weather – but it’s not just hazards at the Earth’s surface we should be concerned about.
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Interestingly, geologists have long identified a relationship between rainfall rates and seismic activity. In the Himalayas, for example, the frequency of earthquakes is influenced by the annual rainfall cycle of the summer monsoon season. Research reveals that 48% of Himalayan earthquakes strike during the drier pre-monsoon months of March, April and May, while just 16% occur in the monsoon season.