arctic submarine volcanoes found Gakkel Ridge

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Fire Under Arctic Ice: Volcanoes Have Been Blowing Their Tops In The Deep Ocean
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080625140649.htm

Good pictures
http://www.nsf.gov/od/lpa/news/03/pr0367_images.htm


With news this week that polar ice is melting dramatically, underwater Arctic pyrotechnics might seem like a logical smoking gun.
Scientists don't see any significant connection, however.
With news this week that polar ice is melting dramatically, underwater Arctic pyrotechnics might seem like a logical smoking gun.
Scientists don't see any significant connection, however.
"We don't believe the volcanoes had much effect on the overlying ice," Reeves-Sohn told LiveScience, "but they seem to have had a major impact on the overlying water column."
The eruptions discharge large amounts of carbon dioxide, helium, trace metals and heat into the water over long distances, he said.
The research, detailed in the June 26 issue of the journal Nature, was funded by NASA, the National Science Foundation and WHOI.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,374542,00.html

mumhaabu

Makes sense to me, if you put an ice cube in a saucepan and light a fire under said saucepan the result is the ice will melt, the amounts of various gasses above said ice has no affect but might cool the ice further. More proof if ever that "Global Warming" is a crock of Sh1te if ever.