Are Volcanoes Melting Arctic?

IBD ^ | June 30, 2008

[Kaslin]

Climate Change: While the media scream that man-made global warming is making the North Pole ice-free, another possible cause is as old as the Earth itself. They just have to look deeper.

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To the delight of Al Gore and the rest of the Gaia groupies, scientists at the National Snow & Ice Data Center in Colorado are predicting that the North Pole will be completely free of ice this summer. The apocalyptic headlines already are starting to appear.

"From the viewpoint of science, the North Pole is just another point on the globe, but symbolically it is hugely important," says the center's Mark Serreze. "There is supposed to be ice at the North Pole, not open water."

From a media standpoint, this is another sign of the apocalypse — proof positive of man-made climate change. But we've heard this before.

In August 2000 the New York Times ran a piece claiming the pole was free of ice for the first time in 50 million years, long before SUVs roamed Earth. As earth scientist Patrick Michaels noted, "It was retracted three weeks later as a barrage of scientists protested that open water is common at or near the pole at the end of summer."

As reported in the June 26 edition of ScienceDaily, a research team led by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute (WHOI) has uncovered evidence of massive undersea volcanic eruptions deep beneath the ice-covered surface of the Arctic Ocean. "Explosive volatile discharge has clearly been a widespread, and ongoing, process," according to the WHOI team.

[mnehring]

Yea, but everyone knows that volcanoes are caused by global warming... you see, all our cars cause volcanoes by...errr... uhhhh.... well it doesn't matter, the debate is over. Global warming causes volcanoes.

[CedarDave]

Stick around for a while, Newbie; you may learn a thing or two.

[Attention Surplus Disorder]

STOP THAT! I am working on a grant to study my thesis that the Arctic is freezing volcanoes!

[CedarDave]

Global warming PING!

[CedarDave]

Good website for comparing arctic sea ice extent:

Arctic Sea Ice - Daily Comparison

[steelyourfaith]

Thanx !

 

Beam me to Planet Gore !

[alice_in_bubbaland]

I dono, just ask algore a/k/a “The Profit of DOOM”.

[null and void]

Hi Rosie!

Even dumber than fire melting steel?

[Foolsgold]

SUVS exported to Mars is causing Martian Warming, however since the sunspots were stolen by George Bush, in order to cause hurricanes, tornadoes, tsunamis and earthquakes in every corner of the world, why not volcanoes?

[CedarDave]

Link to Science Daily June 26 article:

Fire Under Arctic Ice: Volcanoes Have Been Blowing Their Tops In The Deep Ocean

[quark]

Could someone make these in volcano-size?

[chiller]

Ain't it ever. Ice melts at 32F and I doubt it's ever that warm in the artic. Certainly not long enough to melt so much ice. Someone with a brain (maybe that explains it)should have looked elsewhere for a reason for melting ice. Now they've found it.

And who are these Investors Business Daily people....they pour out common sense stuff on a daily basis.

[null and void]

Ah, your comment about molten lava not melting ice reminded me of Rosie O'Donnel's screech about the WTC being an inside job:

"For the first time in history, fire actually melting steel."

So I took a shot at you actually being Rosie. I take it you aren't, then?

[null and void]

Perfect screen name for this thread...

[Da Coyote]

Let’s start a “melting pool” to guess the date this summer of the complete arctic meltdown. I place $10 on the 12th of never.

[Arthur McGowan]

The freezing point of seawater would be lower than 32degF.

[Entrepreneur]

About the guy screeching, "We're melting! We're melting!"

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2037161/posts?page=77#77