Comments on: Surprise: Explosive volcanic eruption under the Arctic ice found

By: icarus

icarus — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 03:23:21 +0000

So a vast system of undersea volcanos, that is erupting constantly, absolutely cannot have an effect on the planet’s geo-physics but man’s activity is the primary driver?

Is that the bill of goods being sold by the UN’s IPCC?

By: Two denialist talking points quashed « Climate change

Two denialist talking points quashed « Climate change — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 10:49:20 +0000

[...] so-called missing tropical hotspot (as supposed proof against greenhouse theory) and (2) that sub-sea volcanoes along the Gakkel Ridge is likely to be the cause of accelerated melting of the Arctic summer sea ice. So what is the [...]

By: Two denialist talking points quashed « BraveNewClimate.com

Two denialist talking points quashed « BraveNewClimate.com — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 13:11:42 +0000

By: Alec DesRoches

Alec DesRoches — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 15:56:38 +0000

Hmmm…
I’ve read the July 1, 2007 was the since day record for Arctic Ice…July 2007 the single largest month for Ice loss.

I wonder if USGS picked up earthquakes in the arctice during the year prior????
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/Maps/ortho/270_90.php

By: statePoet1775

statePoet1775 — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 20:11:27 +0000

anna v,

What great drama this is! The government, the government financed universities, and opportunistic entrepreneurs lined up on the AGW side and a few dissenters and apparently reality on the other side.

This along with the economic crisis and the stupid wars we are involved in may deal fascism a deadly blow in this country. I hope so; it has been cruising for a bruising for a long time.

By: anna v

anna v — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 19:35:33 +0000

http://www.purdue.edu/climate/hestia/

Here is a good reason why we cannot find free maps of CO2 by month.

Somebody is planning to make money out of it with carbon credits etc.

By: Pamela Gray

Pamela Gray — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 01:55:02 +0000

I just did a comparison check from one year ago on Arctic ice coverage. There is more ice now than a year ago. For all of it to melt this summer, surface temps really need to soar and now. If I were to place odds, melting ice would not be the favored bet. Ask any bookie.

By: Timothy Birdnow » Proof of Bias at NBC; the Ridiculous Story on Arctic Ice Melt

Sat, 28 Jun 2008 13:56:42 +0000

[...] the decline in sea ice has nothing to do with Anthropogenic Global Warming. Also, there is a lively system of volcanism under the Arctic Ocean to which we were heretofore unawares. It should also be pointed out that [...]

By: anna v

anna v — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 03:54:41 +0000

here is a write up

http://www.canada.com/topics/news/story.html?id=81bb2fd3-63f1-476f-b0be-f48c0dc90304

given also above by DR, I stress the :

“The $5-million expedition was financed by the U.S. National Science Foundation and NASA, which hopes to use the know-how gained in its hunt for extraterrestrial life.”

Hence the politically for Nasa correct first part of the statement:

“The scientists say the heat released by the explosions is not contributing to the melting of the Arctic ice, but Sohn says the huge volumes of CO2 gas that belched out of the undersea volcanoes likely contributed to rising concentrations of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. How much, he couldn’t say.”

And here is the clincher:

“The scientists say they have explored just one small stretch of the Gakkel Ridge and hope to return in a few years.”

Note, a few years to return. Reminds one of the CO2 map cover up. One lovely map in 2003, and maybe some more in a few years. All contributed by the friendly NASA.

By: kim

kim — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 00:56:35 +0000

On the DotEarth video that Tony Edwards I think I see the effect of the 1999 volcanic explosion. You can see a big blue spot appear suddenly in 1999 and you can watch it migrate out of the Arctic Ocean, taking a chunk of multiyear ice with it in 2001. There is another possible small one in 1995 from about the same spot. Was there an increase in seaquake activity in 1995?

What I see is subtle, but I don’t think I’m imagining it.
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By: Chance Metz

Chance Metz — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 00:33:17 +0000

Nope it’s volcanoes and thsoe are not cuased by man though some may find a way to say we are casuing the to erupt more often smehow.

By: suddenlysteve

suddenlysteve — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 18:08:02 +0000

Possible explanation for ice caps melting? It’s not global warming.

By: Mike Ford

Mike Ford — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 16:40:41 +0000

Bruce…Yahoo has a lead story from Live Science, basically the same thing with even less “science” referenced.

By: MichaelJ

MichaelJ — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 15:01:39 +0000

“The eruption of volcanoes is not the main reason for melting of polar ice. The main reason is global warming which is caused by us .”

POPPYCOCK! Prove it! Remember when you try to “prove it”, using a computer model, ouija board or other non empirical device will not be accepted. Oh, and BTW, it has happened before and will happen again.

By: Bruce Cobb

Bruce Cobb — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 14:43:13 +0000

The latest alarmist news about the arctic via Steve Connor, science editor at The Independent:
Exclusive: No ice at the North Pole

“There is supposed to be ice at the North Pole, not open water,” said Mark Serreze of the US National Snow and Ice Data Centre in Colorado.” Must be some climate rule written somewhere I missed. Guess the volcanoes must have missed it too.

By: MarkW

MarkW — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 12:13:15 +0000

With a volcanoe in the Antarctic, we aren’t talking about heating the entire Atlantic, just the water around Antarctica.

By: datenplatz

datenplatz — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 10:14:00 +0000

Underwater eruptions form Lahars. But do they generate a rising column of water? What size of eruption do you need to punch through to the surface? At that depth will hot water rise at all?

By: mybasit

mybasit — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 09:21:57 +0000

nice post keep posting …

By: Inconvenient truths at Hoystory

Inconvenient truths at Hoystory — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 07:51:48 +0000

[...] mentioned anywhere in that story is this inconvenient fact from earlier this week. (via Watts Up With That) An international team of researchers was able to provide evidence of explosive volcanism in the [...]

By: vinay2008

vinay2008 — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 07:16:34 +0000

The eruption of volcanoes is not the main reason for melting of polar ice. The main reason is global warming which is caused by us .