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The 40,000-Mile Volcano (nytimes.com)
An anonymous reader writes: The NY Times reports on one of the wonders of the underwater world: the extensive web of volcanoes and hydrothermal vents present where tectonic plates meet and grind against one another. "Welcome to one of the planet's most obscure but important features, known rather prosaically as the midocean ridges. Though long enough to circle the moon more than six times, they receive little notice because they lie hidden in pitch darkness." The magma seeping through these cracks generate massive amounts of heat — enough to sustain incredible ecosystems.
But as scientists have gained a deeper understanding of this geological phenomenon, they realize it's more chaotic than they had imagined. "The old idea was that the eruptions of oozing lava and related activity occurred at fairly steady rates. Now, studies hint at the existence of outbursts large enough to influence not only the character of the global sea but the planet's temperature. Experts believe the activity may carry major repercussions because the oceanic ridges account for some 70 percent of the planet's volcanic eruptions. By definition, that makes them enormous sources of heat and exotic minerals as well as such everyday gases as carbon dioxide, which all volcanoes emit."
But as scientists have gained a deeper understanding of this geological phenomenon, they realize it's more chaotic than they had imagined. "The old idea was that the eruptions of oozing lava and related activity occurred at fairly steady rates. Now, studies hint at the existence of outbursts large enough to influence not only the character of the global sea but the planet's temperature. Experts believe the activity may carry major repercussions because the oceanic ridges account for some 70 percent of the planet's volcanic eruptions. By definition, that makes them enormous sources of heat and exotic minerals as well as such everyday gases as carbon dioxide, which all volcanoes emit."
Yea, no shit... Did you notice how fast the fucking warmanistas jumped in here to shout down questions?
They dont fucking know how many volcanoes are on the ocean floors. Yes there is a group large enough to make el nino happen in the pacific. They are fucking everywhere and they have no idea how many. NO FUCKING CLUE!
But they are absolutely god damn sure that human co2 emissions are the major driver of global warming despite the decline in the warming trend since 1998. They fucked with temperature records to 'hide the decline'. As I recall, one prominent scientist was BANNED from editing wikipedia over erasing things like the medieval-warming period to reinforce the hockey stick!
So to be clear... climate has not a god damn fucking thing to do with the sun, or any other unknown undiscovered heat source and is a direct result of humans and their evil co2. No new discoveries will ever change this problem nor ever be reason to question the theory. Go home, nothing to see.... Yea, and the layers upon layers of BULL SHIT and exaggerated predictions dont mean anything. You cannot trust scientist paid by oil companies, but you must trust scientist who lose their funding if they found AGW to be the horse shit it is.