Unexpectedly rapid melting of polar ice and glaciers between 2005 and 2011 caused a rise in global sea levels of another 2/3rds of an inch, according to a study just published in Nature Geoscience. Increased water pressure against continental shelves is known to lead to destabilization of faults as well as compression of magma deposits under volcanoes, and is related to increased seismic and volcanic activity. So far, sea levels have now risen 8 1/3rd inches worldwide since 1870, with the rate of annual increase steadily rising. At the same time, the amount of volcanic and earthquake activity around the Pacific Rim appears to have begun to increase as well. As ice melts, the balance of weight on the earth changes, releasing weight from melt areas and moving it into the oceans.read more

Two volcanoes in Alaska and Popocatepetl in Mexico are either erupting or showing signs of activity. As sea levels continue to rise, putting pressure on continental shelves, predictions are that volcanic activity will also increase, as well as seismic activity. Whether or not earthquakes will follow the eruptions of these volcanoes is not known, but officials are concerned that plumes from the Alaskan volcanoes could endanger air travel from the US to Asia, and Mexican vulcanologists are watching Popo carefully, in expectation of a more significant and potentially dangerous level of activity.
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As Whitley Strieber has been predicting for months, an extremely violent spring has followed the extremely cold winter of 2010-2011. But why and, above all, what can we expect in the future? Beginning with his book Nature’s End in 1985, Whitley has never been wrong about our changing climate. Now that things are reaching a crisis point, he can offer clear-headed ideas about what is happening and what to expect, and is essentially unique in the world in his ability to do this. Here, he provides subscribers with a clear idea of the mechanisms that have been triggered in nature, and what this will mean for us over the next two or three years.
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