Question to you smart people in this group re: Nepal earthquake

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53. "10cm or 15cm rise in sea level...."

"But already McGuire and colleagues have seen the effects of quite small sea-level rise on one of Alaska’s faults.

“There’s a volcano in Alaska, Pavlov, that only erupts during the autumn and winter. The 10cm or 15cm rise in sea level during the winter months, when low pressure comes over, is enough to bend the crust and squeeze magma out. That’s an example of how tiny a change you need,” he said."

Meanwhile, geologists modelling the effect of retreating ice sheets in the northern hemisphere predict more volcanic activity as pressure is released on fault lines. McGuire points to three eruptions in five years in Iceland – “You can’t say that’s statistical proof but … it makes you think.”

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From the above linked Newsweek article.

I was reading that earlier and found it interesting.