作者: Geophysics Study Committee

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Sea-level rise may be one of the consequences of global warming. To understand changes in sea level caused by the "greenhouse effect, " we must understand the factors that have caused the s …

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This latest addition to the Studies in Geophysics series explores in scientific detail the phenomenon of lightning, cloud, and thunderstorm electricity, and global and regional electrical processes. …

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Water and other fluids play a vital role in the processes that shape the earth’s crust, possibly even influencing earthquakes and volcanism. Fluids affect the movement of chemicals and heat in the cr …

Over 250, 000 people were killed in the Tangshan, China earthquake of 1976, and other less active tectonic processes can disrupt river channels or have a grave impact on repositories of radioactive w …