The lecture “Fewer Glaciers, More Earthquakes?”—presented by Riccardo VASSALLO, associate professor atthe Institute of Earth Sciences (ISTerre), Faculty of Sciences and Mountain Studies—will take place online on Tuesday, April 27, 2021, at 6:00 p.m.
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There will be a Q&A session at the end of the conference; you can submit your questions in writing via a Zoom meeting, and the speaker will answer them live.
To access the Zoom meeting:
- Meeting ID: 938 6774 5790
- Secret code: GuR9DG
About the conference
Glaciers are melting rapidly all over the Earth in response to ongoing global warming, with well-known consequences on the Earth's surface. However, the disappearance of large volumes of ice could have an impact on a natural phenomenon that occurs several kilometers below the surface: seismic activity. This phenomenon has been particularly spectacular in the Patagonian Andes over the last 20,000 years following the last major glaciation. For the past century and a half, the glaciers in this region have been melting again at record rates. During this same period, several large earthquakes have occurred. Is this a coincidence, or are current conditions comparable to the post-glacial period? What about the seismic risk in the Alps?