Friday, December 2, 2011

[Geology2] Re: [California's Earthquake Forum] How animals predict earthquakes



It's very interesting and I'm not saying that we might be able to pick up "clues" from animals ahead of time. I do have some problems with how came to the conclusions they did to make these statements after reading the full text background and the "theories" used.  
 
Hardin
 


--- On Thu, 12/1/11, Lin Kerns <linkerns@gmail.com> wrote:

From: Lin Kerns <linkerns@gmail.com>
Subject: [California's Earthquake Forum] How animals predict earthquakes
To: "Geology2" <geology2@yahoogroups.com>, "California Earthquake Forum" <californiasearthquakeforum@yahoogroups.com>
Date: Thursday, December 1, 2011, 5:17 AM

 

How animals predict earthquakes

By Victoria Gill Science reporter, BBC Nature
Common toad
Can pond-dwelling animals pick up pre-earthquake signals?

Animals may sense chemical changes in groundwater that occur when an earthquake is about to strike.

This, scientists say, could be the cause of bizarre earthquake-associated animal behaviour.
Researchers began to investigate these chemical effects after seeing a colony of toads abandon its pond in Aquila, Italy, in 2009 - days before a quake.
They suggest that animal behaviour could be incorporated into earthquake forecasting.

"When you think of all of the many things that are happening to these rocks, it would be weird if the animals weren't affected in some way"

--Rachel Grant The Open University

The team's findings are published in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. In this paper, they describe a mechanism whereby stressed rocks in the Earth's crust release charged particles that react with the groundwater.

 


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