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."
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Yeah, but, of course, it’a all of the fracking that caused the volcanic activity, right?
it’a = it’s
Odd how the same people who complain about having to shovel snow off their driveways also complain about global warming.
“It’s how that affects the flow and stability of the ice.”
That is a part of CHAOS theory. The flow and stability must change. All life, all over the planet, is dependent on an environment that changes.
Have you ever thought that maybe the reason it had to be spelled out is because many of the readers don't make that mental connection on their own ?
Everyone knows that the reason the West Antarctic Ice is melting is because the Sun sets in the West.
; )
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