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First-of-its-Kind Study Reveals Surprising Ecological Effects of 2010 Chile Earthquake
http://nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=124020[Font Face=Serif]Press Release 12-084
[font size=5]First-of-its-Kind Study Reveals Surprising Ecological Effects of 2010 Chile Earthquake[/font]
[font size=4]Long-forgotten coastal habitats reappeared, species unseen for years returned[/font]
[font size=3]May 2, 2012
The reappearance of long-forgotten habitats and the resurgence of species unseen for years may not be among the expected effects of a natural disaster.
Yet that's exactly what researchers found in a study of the sandy beaches of south central Chile, after an 8.8-magnitude earthquake and devastating tsunami in 2010.
Their study also revealed a preview of the problems wrought by sea level rise--a major symptom of climate change.
In a scientific first, researchers from Southern University of Chile and the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) were able to document the before-and-after ecological impacts of such cataclysmic occurrences.
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0035348[font size=5]First-of-its-Kind Study Reveals Surprising Ecological Effects of 2010 Chile Earthquake[/font]
[font size=4]Long-forgotten coastal habitats reappeared, species unseen for years returned[/font]
[font size=3]May 2, 2012
The reappearance of long-forgotten habitats and the resurgence of species unseen for years may not be among the expected effects of a natural disaster.
Yet that's exactly what researchers found in a study of the sandy beaches of south central Chile, after an 8.8-magnitude earthquake and devastating tsunami in 2010.
Their study also revealed a preview of the problems wrought by sea level rise--a major symptom of climate change.
In a scientific first, researchers from Southern University of Chile and the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) were able to document the before-and-after ecological impacts of such cataclysmic occurrences.
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