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To: ETL

I have a question

The left talks about ocean levels rising due to
melting glaciers.
But doesn’t the ocean floor grow from
active volcanoes all the time?

That does not seem to change the ocean levels.


24 posted on 10/09/2018 12:37:45 PM PDT by missthethunder
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To: missthethunder
doesn’t the ocean floor grow from active volcanoes all the time? That does not seem to change the ocean levels.

Plates grow at the spreading centers, but are consumed at subduction zones, where they dive into the earth.

However, in rare cases, such as the Hawaiian Islands, which sit atop a "hot spot", in the middle of a plate (the Pacific Plate), land grows and displaces ocean water. But that amount is minuscule compared to the whole of the ocean.

Image result for spreading gif subduction

26 posted on 10/09/2018 12:47:42 PM PDT by ETL (Obama-Hillary, REAL Russia collusion! Uranium-One Deal, Missile Defense, Iran Deal, Nukes: Click ETL)
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