Earthquakes triggered by humans pose growing risk

By Gillian Foulger, Professor of Geophysics, Durham University, Jon Gluyas, Durham University, and Miles Wilson, Ph.D. Student in the Department of Earth Sciences, Durham University. Devastation in Sichuan province after the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake, thought to be induced by industrial activity at a nearby reservoir. dominiqueb/flickr People knew we could induce earthquakes before we knew what…