Second to the last paragraph is interesting and recent.
March 31, 2006
Global warming means more earth tremors in polar regions
JANE GEORGE
Puvirnituq residents were terrified by a small earthquake that struck their community last Wednesday at about 5 p.m., creating an explosive noise that sent people running outside their homes.
There were no reports of injuries or serious damage.
Four or five quakes of similar intensity strike eastern Canada each year, although scientists now say earthquakes are on the rise in some areas of the Arctic, and that some of these may be associated with global warming.
The recent increase in the number of “glacial earthquakes” supports the idea that Greenland’s glaciers and its ice sheet are melting.
Glacial earthquakes occur as enormous ice-sheets melt away, so that the weight on the land is removed and the ground rises. When certain areas rise faster than others, the difference causes tearing and grinding deep in the ground, triggering earthquakes.
The annual number of glacial earthquakes recorded in Greenland is rising, says a study, published March 24 in the journal Science.
From 1993 to 2002, there were between six and 15 a year, but in 2003, earthquake scientists — or seismologists — recorded 20 glacial earthquakes. In 2004, they recorded 24; and, for the first 10 months of 2005, they recorded 32.
The seismologists also found that glacial earthquakes occurred mainly in summer months, which suggests these movements are associated with rapidly melting ice. Normal earthquakes occur at all times of the year.
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But i dont get it..