Planet 100: Climate Induced Volcanoes (4/19)

Global warming induced ice cap thaw may awaken more powerful volcanoes, An eco-friendly hotel now trades human energy for food, and a giant origami crane lit up with solar powered LEDs.

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[limester]

@optimumperformance You obviously only know a general view of Earth processes. Everything is connected and accumulated. The first documented ice age was caused by small microscopic organisms producing too much oxygen. All that extra heat we're generating has to go somewhere. Glaciers are heavy, they weigh the crust down, once they melt the earth pushes back, friction, heat.. these are all things that can affect it. It's cause and effect. Global CLIMATE change affects many things.

[garith21]

@MrDurcon

I'd want to read the peer reviewed studies on that, but considering the volume of ice that's been lost over the last few decades I wouldn't necessarily automatically accept or reject it till I read the direct studies. I'm never a big fan of the vague claim of "scientists/experts say"

[TheKickerboy99]

Trust people seeking the truth. Question people that say they know it.

[browncoat3000]

@MrDurcon That is both incorrect and irrelevant. 1) It's a global system, push here equals a pull there. 2) a hypothetical addition in sea-ice wouldn't balance the lost ice from land masses, it would merely cause a slight additional stress on sea-floor plates & rising sea levels, which would, if anything, make the situation worse.

[garith21]

@MrDurcon

I'm asking you what ice age you want to talk about and why. The reference to the earth being only 4.5 billion years old was merely to point out your question of "the big thaw 6 billion years ago" as a stupid question.

I'm actually telling you to do more research than "it was colder or warmer or had more or less CO2" and look into the other mechanisms, since no AGW advocate says CO2 is the only driver in global climate, not one.

[MrDurcon]

@garith21 Dude we have two different conversations going on here. So now I'm confused.

[garith21]

@MrDurcon

The general agreed upon time is around 13.7 billion years old based on what we know about fusion, the observation of cosmic background radiation and the expansion of space-time. How this is relevant to your ideas on global warming is beyond me though.

Perhaps you should actually read more on the topic and get back to me since you seem to lack even the bare basics, do me a favor and read rather than watching videos.

[MrDurcon]

@garith21 Since the universe is 13-17 billion years old, "Big bang". Who really knows for sure.

[garith21]

@MrDurcon

So about how long ago? I want to make sure I'm addressing the one you want to know about, since apparently you're just pulling numbers out of thin air. Although why you can't look it up yourself despite claiming to know so much.

[MrDurcon]

@garith21 The very first "big thaw".

[MrDurcon]

@garith21 Yep you got me there lol, it is 4-4.5 billion years old. Or at least has much has we can tell.

[garith21]

@MrDurcon

" Yep your talking about Milankovitch cycles. Do you think it was microorganism that kicked it off? Coupled with the sun. "

You can't even pick which ice age you want to talk about...since you chose to pick one that apparently happened before the earth even formed...so I have no idea what you're referring to atm.