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NASA Discovers Mantle Plume Almost as Hot as Yellowstone Supervolcano That's Melting Antarctica
Newsweek ^
| Nov 8, 2017
| Hannah Osborne
Posted on 11/09/2017 3:47:05 AM PST by smileyface
A mantle plume producing almost as much heat as Yellowstone supervolcano appears to be melting part of West Antarctica from beneath.
Researchers at NASA have discovered a huge upwelling of hot rock under Marie Byrd Land, which lies between the Ross Ice Shelf and the Ross Sea, is creating vast lakes and rivers under the ice sheet. The presence of a huge mantle plume could explain why the region is so unstable today, and why it collapsed so quickly at the end of the last Ice Age, 11,000 years ago.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; Technical
KEYWORDS: antarctica; antartica; catastrophism; chatforum; climatechangehoax; earthcore; globalwarming; globalwarminghoax; iceage; mantle; nasa; rossiceshelf; rosssea; science
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To: smileyface
Oh, that super plume? My SUV made that.
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posted on
11/09/2017 4:29:44 AM PST
by
Bigg Red
(Vacate the chair! Ryan must go. Dump McConnman, too.)
To: I want the USA back
Should be able to fix it with a flurry of laws at the federal level.
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posted on
11/09/2017 4:31:30 AM PST
by
whistleduck
("....the calm confidence of a Christian with 4 aces".....S.)
To: smileyface
Just one more reason to believe in “man-made global warming”! /S
To: smileyface
The only thing that can stop this coming mega-disaster is more billions and billions of dollars in taxpayer subsidies for wind and solar power, electric cars, and more ethanol to replace gasoline.
Along with higher taxes and shutting down all coal mines of course.
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posted on
11/09/2017 4:33:17 AM PST
by
Vlad The Inhaler
(United We Stand - Divided We Fall. Remember: Diversity is the opposite of unity.)
To: smileyface
Nonsense! Only human caused climate change is making anything melt and get warmer in our entire planet!
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posted on
11/09/2017 4:36:32 AM PST
by
vpintheak
(Freedom is not equality; and equality is not freedom!)
To: smileyface
I just know I’m soon to be told this is all my fault.
To: smileyface
So global warming caused volcanoes are melting down the Pole/s
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posted on
11/09/2017 4:56:57 AM PST
by
mountainlion
(Live well for those that did not make it back.)
To: servo1969
Im soon to be told this is all my fault. Well, it is. Always was, always will be.
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posted on
11/09/2017 4:57:56 AM PST
by
C210N
(It is easier to fool the people than convince them that they have been fooled)
To: Londo Molari
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posted on
11/09/2017 5:02:39 AM PST
by
JohnnyP
(Thinking is hard work (I stole that from Rush).)
To: ronnie raygun
I thought NASA had been reporpersed to advance Islam?
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posted on
11/09/2017 5:07:37 AM PST
by
mountainlion
(Live well for those that did not make it back.)
To: jughandle
One addendum to your post placed at the very end; “don’t like” but always drive
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posted on
11/09/2017 5:11:35 AM PST
by
PeatownPaul
(Engineer's moto: It's working, let's fix it)
To: CondorFlight
No, Doctor Evil’s notorious preparation H. Aka, operation ass cream! Moooohhoooo, Maaaahaaa!
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posted on
11/09/2017 5:11:58 AM PST
by
Trevieze
(Messy desk is a sign of a messy mind. An empty desk is a sign of an empty mind!)
To: smileyface
Why is The Left always wrong about most things?
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posted on
11/09/2017 5:13:05 AM PST
by
Chgogal
(Sessions recused himself for shaking an Ambassador's hand. Shameful!)
To: smileyface
And that mantle plume is all because you won’t give more taxpayer money to Musk to build electric cars.
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posted on
11/09/2017 5:27:54 AM PST
by
PAR35
To: PeatownPaul
Excellent observation, that’s the “but I need a big vehicle, they don’t” crowd..
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posted on
11/09/2017 5:43:57 AM PST
by
jughandle
(Big words anger me, keep talking.)
To: smileyface
Given their political agenda, everything they say is suspect.
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posted on
11/09/2017 5:49:33 AM PST
by
Spok
To: jughandle
I think I see the problem, if they'd just call int a Womantle, no one would dare be upset about an occasional hot flash!
I can't believe I mashed send...
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posted on
11/09/2017 5:49:55 AM PST
by
null and void
(The internet gave everyone a mouth. It gave no one a brain.)
To: Bigg Red
Nothing worse than one of those silent super plumes in a crowded elevator.
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posted on
11/09/2017 5:55:57 AM PST
by
Noumenon
(Can you imagine if Islam were NOT the religion of peace?)
To: smileyface
There’s a lot of hot air coming out of DC.
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posted on
11/09/2017 5:58:27 AM PST
by
bgill
(CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola.")
To: smileyface
Impossible. It has to be anthropogenic global warming. The science is settled.
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posted on
11/09/2017 6:00:54 AM PST
by
Bloody Sam Roberts
("Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment." - Will Rogers)
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