Posted on 06/09/2014 1:46:13 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
Antarctica is a land of ice. But dive below the West Antarctic Ice Sheet, and you'll find fire as well, in the form of subglacial volcanoes.
Now, a new study finds that these subglacial volcanoes and other geothermal "hotspots" are contributing to the melting of Thwaites Glacier, a major river of ice that flows into Antarctica's Pine Island Bay. Areas of the glacier that sit near geologic features thought to be volcanic are melting faster than regions farther away from hotspots, said Dustin Schroeder, the study's lead author and a geophysicist at the University of Texas at Austin.
This melting could significantly affect ice loss in the West Antarctic, an area that is losing ice quickly.
"It's not just the fact that there is melting water, and that water is coming out," Schroeder told Live Science. "It's how that affects the flow and stability of the ice."
(Excerpt) Read more at news.yahoo.com ...
glacier slowly melts away
climate change happening
or mother nature
just doing her thing?
Burma Shave
Put some ice on it, Obama.
“Areas of the glacier that sit near geologic features thought to be volcanic are melting faster than regions farther away from hotspots....”
Another Captain Obvious moment.....
You mean, we don’t have to cede our economic and political freedom to the altar of Man Made Global Warming after all?
The edge of the Thwaites glacier, shown here in an image taken during Operation Icebridge, a NASA-led study of Antarctic and Greenland glaciers. The blue along the glacier front is dense, compressed ice.
You silly denier, you.
It's fracking that causes the volcanoes that are melting the ice.
I tend to avoid the term “mother nature” since it’s related to the old Greek earth-goddess Gaia among other false gods.
The Burma shave messages that I have seen were rhymes.
Your free form almost looks like Haiku.
This could easily be fixed with a special U.N. global volcano tax.
“West Antarctica is also hemorrhaging ice due to climate change”
This little propaganda piece conveniently fails to mention that the total Antarctic ice pack is at record highs:
BTW, the article simply states the that West Antarctic ice is melting because of “climate change” without offering one iota of evidence to back that claim.
Harry Reid says its the Koch Brothers who are funding those Volcanoes fault!
Volcanoes melt ice. Hmm, who knew?!
All together now: “BUSH’S FAULT”
How does exhaling CO2 cause hidden volcanoes? I’ll bet if I put in a grant request to answer that global warming question, I’ll get funding.
Frickin’ fracking.
Right and men on Mars have been shooting ray guns at the North Pole and say goodby.
Good idea!
A special global volcano tax could be imposed on all countries with volcanoes. A double tax could be imposed if the volcano is active. The money would be used to fund the UN anti global warming activities. Next up: A special global earthquake tax to help fight global warming! And after that a very special tax on countries that have hurricanes and tornadoes. It's all for the children you know.
Halp us John Kerry!!
Mother Nature is gonna do what Mother Nature is gonna do, and their ain’t a damn thing we can do about it.
Hey, don’t scoff.
You do know that here in Maryland, we are now officially taxing the rain. Right?
This isn’t a joke. It’s the truth. The Democrats here have actually figured out how to tax someone for rain falling on their property, if said property is paved or artificial in some way. It’s euphemistically refered to as the “Rain Tax” here. Look it up.
So you may jest about taxing volcanos, but I say: Don’t give them any ideas!
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