Waking the Giant: Climate Force and Geological Hazards

Published On: September 19, 2016

Small changes in the Earth’s crust can potentially trigger large hazards such as earthquakes and volcanoes. Bill McGuire on the influence of climate change on geological systems, the link between episodes of major climate transition and geohazards (2012).

Small changes in the Earth’s crust can potentially trigger large hazards such as earthquakes and volcanoes.

Bill McGuire is Professor of Geophysical & Climate Hazards at UCL. He was a member of the UK Government’s Natural Hazards Working Group, established in 2005 in the wake of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, and in 2010 a member of the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE), addressing the Icelandic ash problem. He was a contributing author of the 2011 IPCC Report on climate change and extreme events.

  • Waking the Giant: How a changing climate triggers earthquakes, tsunamis, and volcanoes https://www.amazon.com/Waking-Giant-Changing-Earthquakes-Volcanoes/dp/0199678758
  • Website http://billmcguire.co.uk/
  • Twitter https://twitter.com/ProfBillMcGuire
  • Climate forcing of geological and geomorphological hazards http://rsta.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/368/1919/2311
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Chris covers the climate since 2011, and when not posting articles to the site he usually works on our next video production.
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