NASA Discovers Mantle Plume Almost as Hot as Yellowstone Supervolcano That's Melting Antarctica

Newsweek ^ | Nov 8, 2017 | Hannah Osborne

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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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And, people claim that we have the capability to alter the earths climate. Bah!

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You would have thought that the name of that part of the globe (Terra del Fuego ‘Land of fire’) might give a clue.

The two sources of heat to the land, seas, and air are THE SUN and other external sources along with the molten center of the planet.

Funny how they never mention this!