Earthquakes Linked to 2003 European Heat Wave: Implications for Global Warming - Evidence in the Adriatic and Mediterranean Basins (Revisited)

Abstract

New evidence reveals: 1.) Clustered earthquake patterns at the base of the lithosphere/upper mantle concentrated mostly within the ocean basins. 2.) Followed by Sea Surface Temperature (SST) anomalies hypothesized to originate from underlying magma generation and seafloor heat release during hydrothermal venting. Joule heating at the base of the lithosphere created from electrical emanations deep within the core-mantle-boundary manifest as clustered earthquakes could provide the driving mechanism for elevated temperatures. Clustered earthquake swarms at 10km depths, which burst pulse over short, several days- to week-periods appear correlated to subsequent Sea Surface Temperature (SST) anomalies and a reversal in Adriatic Sea circulation. Authors suggest this and other like events may be the natural drivers of global warming.

Keywords

• sea surface temperature anomaly
• earthquakes
• global warming
• heat wave
• adriatic