• Question: How will climate change affect the geology of our planet?

    Asked by imy to Carolyn, Peter, Richard, Sara, Siana on 16 Nov 2015.
    • Photo: Richard Unwin

      Richard Unwin answered on 16 Nov 2015:


      HI Imy,

      Our climate is linked very closely with geology. Lots of the hills and glens in Scotland are formed by the passage of ice during the last ice age, for example. Global warming will effect geology by rising sea levels, eroding rocks and coastlines, for example.

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