Posts Tagged ‘Indian Ocean’
Greenhouse gas causing Indian Ocean to rise
U. COLORADO (US)—Newly detected rising sea levels in parts of the Indian Ocean, including the coastlines of the Bay of Bengal, the Arabian Sea, Sri Lanka, Sumatra, and Java, appear to be at least partly a result of human-induced increases of atmospheric greenhouse gases. Continue…
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Largest quakes weaken fault zones worldwide
RICE (US)—The massive 2004 earthquake that triggered killer tsunamis throughout the Indian Ocean appears to have weakened at least a portion of California’s famed San Andreas Fault, according to a new report by U.S. seismologists. (more…)
