Waking the Giant: How a Changing Climate Triggers Earthquakes, Tsunamis and Volcanoes
9th February 2012
Royal Geographical Society Regional Group, York
Over the past 20,000 years, the Earth has undergone an astonishing transformation from frigid wasteland to the temperate world upon which our civilization has grown and thrived. There is now a mass of evidence that during this most dynamic period in Earth history, as the ice sheets melted and colossal volumes of water were redistributed across the planet, the pressures acting on the solid Earth also underwent massive change. In response, the crust bounced and bent, rocking our world with a resurgence in volcanic activity, a proliferation of seismic shocks, and burgeoning giant landslides. The disturbing fact is that there are clear signs that human-induced climate change is waking the slumbering giant beneath our feet once again. We could be on track to bequeath to our children, and their children, not only a far hotter world, but also a more geologically dangerous one.
Further information and tickets: John Brown: john@jrkbrown.plus.com
Waking the Giant: How a Changing Climate Triggers Earthquakes, Tsunamis and Volcanoes
21st February 2012
The Royal Institution, London.
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http://www.rigb.org/contentControl?action=displayEvent&id=1227
Waking the Giant: How a Changing Climate Triggers Earthquakes, Tsunamis and Volcanoes
7th March 2012
Words by the Water Literature Festival, Keswick, Lake District
Further information and tickets:
http://www.wayswithwords.co.uk/festivals/the-lake-district-23
Waking the Giant: How a Changing Climate Triggers Earthquakes, Tsunamis and Volcanoes
3rd April 2012
Edinburgh International Science Festival
Further information and tickets: http://www.sciencefestival.co.uk/
Waking the Giant: How a Changing Climate Triggers Earthquakes, Tsunamis and Volcanoes
25th April 2012
Roscoe Lecture, St. George’s Hall, Liverpool
Further information and tickets: http://www.ljmu.ac.uk/roscoe/97601.htm
Waking the Giant: How a Changing Climate Triggers Earthquakes, Tsunamis and Volcanoes
5th June, 2012
The Telegraph Hay Festival, Hay-on-Wye
Further information and tickets:
http://www.hayfestival.com/portal/index.aspx?skinid=1&localesetting=en-GB
Waking the Giant: How a Changing Climate Triggers Earthquakes, Tsunamis and Volcanoes
15th August 2012
Edinburgh International Book Festival
Further information and tickets: http://www.edbookfest.co.uk/