Something tells me this isn't right...

[ghostboy]

That's just a great amount of people, not all. It's just people trying to make money.

[Lupine Moon]

I'd kind of like to hear where you are getting your info from, because I haven't heard anything about Global Warming/climate change causing earthquakes anywhere :3

Or I could get into how this being an El Nino year could be slightly effecting earthquake schedules like Chile's. But it's all pure theory, just like Global Warming. People arn't machines who know everything, they're just people trying to figure out one of the most complex systems. And guys...it'd be nice if you'd actually look up what Global Warming is before posting, "But it's SO cold here!" That's not what Global Warming is. Period. :/
(And this coming from me, I am neutral on the Global Warming subject. It's good to know both sides before contradicting it )

[rabbithaver]

Yeah. Too bad they're giving a bunch of people heart attacks.

There's earthquakes in other places, too. (And part of not knowing about Global Warming is the fun of calling it a fake, but that's not really my opinion xD I know about Global Warming)

[FlyingTiger]

I believe in Climate Change, but I don't see how it could cause earthquakes (though heat makes things expand.)

And 'Global Warming' has been changed to climate change, because on the first unseasonably cold day, everyone who doubts it is all like, "Those environmentalist IDIOTS! Global warming, what are they talking about?! There's like, snow... and stuff."

Climate change is the steady increase in temperature, over the whole earth (not your city/state/country) over a long period of time (not one snowy winter.) Yes, maybe your town got a couple extra inches this year. Maybe, if you're in the Northeastern USA, you got a few more feet of snow that what you are used to. That doesn't mean anything. If it gets above 32 F for too long in any area that's almost always covered in snow, we're gonna have problems. I did a project on this last year. People in helicopters have found the carcasses of polar bears in the water. Cause of death? Drowning. Because there was no ice for miles for them to climb onto and take a break.

Hope I didn't offend anyone, that's just my perspective on things.

[ghostboy]

You didn't offend me, we just have slightly different opinions.

[Leo9]

Please don't kill me, but I wanted to post all possibilities.

BEWARE! TEXT WALL.

Global warming is caused by the thinning of the atmosphere, we think, but It might not be by humans. Of course, most agree it IS us. Carbon Dioxide is a green house gas, once in the air it reacts with other molecules in the atmosphere to, basically, dissolves it. The theory is that carbon dioxide we put into the air with cars, power plants, ect, is causing global warming. The atmosphere regularly blocks most of the suns rays. With a good chunk of it gone, it gets hotter. Of course, this confuses most, including me. I just got back from a trip in the snow, and It was FRIKIN COLD.

The other theory is that this is just a natural cycle the earth goes through. There is evidence that this has happened before, particularly before the age of the dinosaurs. Maybe, like then, some sort of, i don't know, ice is melting that holds massive amounts of carbon dioxide or another green house gas.

Either way, the world IS warming. Whether we caused it or not, climate change is real. Thats my opinion. I didn't mean to offend anyone.

EDIT: oops, forgot. as far as I know, earthquakes are caused by geothermal activity and or plate tectonics, not temperature change. It would be ridiculous , in my opinion, to claim to two are related. Of course, I may be wrong.

[.Arrow.]

I don't know whether or not earthquakes could even be caused by changes in weather, but either way I'm not a scientist nor do I claim to be one. Though, I'd assume earthquakes are not caused by global warming/climate change. I wouldn't be surprised if a news reporter was jumping to their own conclusions and the rest jumped on the bandwagon.

I decided to look this up quick and found a link:
http://climateaudit.org/2008/06/18/eart ... l-warming/
It explains part of the reasoning why people are linking earthquakes and global warming/climate change if you choose to read it.

[Toadfoal]

Huh, I actually haven't heard anything about global warming causing earthquakes. I kind of doubt that has anything to do with it.
I do believe that the climate is changing, no one can deny that (any more than they can deny evolution, but they will, naturally). I can't say if I think that means the earth is going to heat up to the point that we all die though. I mean, if you look back the climate always does this, every few (hundred? I can't remember the exact number) thousand years the climate has some drastic "zing!" moment. Maybe all the polution we've created is making this change a little more out of proportion, who honestly knows everything anyway?

But don't listen to me. I like adding my opinion because I find these topics facinating.

[Alhelí]

Climate change. -shrug-

I don't trust anyone, especially the media. :U

[wild~]

Luckily I remember some topics on earthquakes XD : Chile is located on the South American Plate and Nazca Plate, which are constantly moving, it's a very active area if you consider that they've had two high magnitude (on the Richter Scale) earthquakes in the past 50 years. Haiti is located on, or near, a transform plate boundary I believe. XD

Back on topic: I don't actually remember ever hearing that earthquakes being caused by Global Warming. It's interesting to think that since climate change, I believe, doesn't affect the plates in any way, but I'd have to research it in a little more depth to really prove my thought accurately. ^-^;