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Scientists Discover 91 Volcanoes Below Antarctic Ice Sheet (theguardian.com)
Reader schwit1 writes: Scientists have uncovered the largest volcanic region on Earth -- two kilometres below the surface of the vast ice sheet that covers west Antarctica. The project, by Edinburgh University researchers, has revealed almost 100 volcanoes -- with the highest as tall as the Eiger, which stands at almost 4,000 metres in Switzerland. This is in addition to 47 already known about and eruption would melt more ice in region affected by climate change, the report added. Geologists say this huge region is likely to dwarf that of east Africa's volcanic ridge, currently rated the densest concentration of volcanoes in the world. And the activity of this range could have worrying consequences, they have warned. "If one of these volcanoes were to erupt it could further destabilise west Antarctica's ice sheets," said glacier expert Robert Bingham, one of the paper's authors. "Anything that causes the melting of ice -- which an eruption certainly would -- is likely to speed up the flow of ice into the sea.
One thing I have noticed about these guys who study ice sheets is that they worry a lot. They didn't even know there were 91 volcanoes there that have been there for who knows for how long. Yet they are "worried" about it, suddenly. Needs more money for studies I guess.
Notice that all the posts (like mine) that are skeptical of global warming have been censored to -1. Science advances when people find problems with current theories and new theories have to be developed to explain the evidence. However, in the case of global warming, all the evidence against it is censored and the researchers have their character attacked. It's a shame that quality research is censored and science is being prevented from advancing in this area.
You improperly read and pull any old shite from your anus to fling at science because it shows a problem your politics would rather ignore and cannot handle.
To all of you, who increasingly reject science as false (without knowing what you are talking about): If you want to call yourselves honest, please stop using anything science has given you. Don't look at weather forecasts - they are produced by the same basic models as climate calculations. In fact, get rid of television, computers, mobiles, air conditioning - anything electric, really - don't use clothes, medicine etc etc. All of these are the products of scientific theories that are no more certain than what climate researchers are saying. If you reject the validity of climate research, you may as well denounce quantum mechanics, which is what your computer is built on: without QM, no semi-conductors, thus no integrated circuits, you see. By denouncing science, you cut the brach you're sitting on - and it's a long way down.