Heat from our Sun drives atmospheric temperature changes on Earth, which in turn can affect things like rock properties and underground water movement, according to new research.
Heat from our Sun drives atmospheric temperature changes on Earth, which in turn can affect things like rock properties and underground water movement, according to new research by scientists from the University of Tsukuba and Japan's National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology. Seismology has revealed much of the basics about earthquakes: tectonic plates move, causing strain energy to build up, and that energy eventually releases in the form of an earthquake. As for forecasting them, however, there's still much to learn in order to evacuate cities before catastrophes like the 2011 magnitude 9.0 Tōhoku earthquake In recent years, research has focused on a possible correlation between the Sun or Moon and seismic activity on Earth, with some studies pointing to tidal forces or electromagnetic effects interacting with the…