Today's Quakes Deadlier Than In Past

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New research compiled by Australian scientist Dr. Tom Chalko shows that global seismic activity on Earth is now five times more energetic than it was just 20 years ago.

The research proves that destructive ability of earthquakes on Earth increases alarmingly fast and that this trend is set to continue, unless the problem of "global warming" is comprehensively and urgently addressed.

The analysis of more than 386,000 earthquakes between 1973 and 2007 recorded on the US Geological Survey database proved that the global annual energy of earthquakes on Earth began increasing very fast since 1990.

Dr. Chalko said that global seismic activity was increasing faster than any other global warming indicator on Earth and that this increase is extremely alarming.

"The most serious environmental danger we face on Earth may not be climate change, but rapidly and systematically increasing seismic, tectonic and volcanic activity," said Dr. Chalko.

"Increase in the annual energy of earthquakes is the strongest symptom yet of planetary overheating.

"NASA measurements from space confirm that Earth as a whole absorbs at least 0.85 Megawatt per square kilometer more energy from the Sun than it is able to radiate back to space. This 'thermal imbalance' means that heat generated in the planetary interior cannot escape and that the planetary interior must overheat. Increase in seismic, tectonic and volcanic activities is an unavoidable consequence of the observed thermal imbalance of the planet," said Dr. Chalko.

Dr. Chalko has urged other scientists to maximize international awareness of the rapid increase in seismic activity, pointing out that this increase is not theoretical but that it is an Observable Fact.

"Unless the problem of global warming (the problem of persistent thermal imbalance of Earth) is addressed urgently and comprehensively - the rapid increase in global seismic, volcanic and tectonic activity is certain. Consequences of inaction can only be catastrophic. There is no time for half-measures."
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/...n4191556.shtml

Dr. Chalko writes in his article: "Planetary interior overheating is the most
serious consequence of so-called 'global
warming' and constitutes the main danger for
humanity on Earth today."

Global warming as we know it today by the scientific community and the news media is human-induced, but I don't see anywhere in Dr. Chalko's article a claim that the human-induced version is the catalyst for overheating of the earth's interior, as CBS News seems to think. (They pulled the article). In fact, his language seems to scoff at labeling the warming trend as such. If anything, he is suggesting a larger reason behind the global warming we see than just mankind's, and it is this same reason that is quite possibly also causing a spike in earthquakes.

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Earthquake, cyclone, flood, or drought - whatever the type of disaster that strikes - people in wealthy countries are far less likely to die than people in poor countries, according to a new risk index developed by the United Nations. It shows that populations in wealthy countries are 15 percent of those exposed to natural disasters, but only 1.8 percent of those who are killed.

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