Vast ranges of volcanoes hidden under the oceans are presumed by scientists to be the gentle giants of the planet, oozing lava at slow, steady rates along mid-ocean ridges. But a new study shows that they flare up on strikingly regular cycles, ranging from two weeks to 100,000 years-and, that they erupt almost exclusively during the first six months of each year. The pulses-apparently tied to short- and long-term changes in earth’s orbit, and to sea levels-may help trigger natural climate swings. Scientists have already speculated that volcanic cycles on land emitting large amounts of carbon dioxide might influence climate; but up to now there was no evidence from submarine volcanoes. The findings suggest that models of earth’s natural climate dynamics, and by extension human-influenced climate change, may have to be adjusted. The study appears this week in the journal Geophysical Research Letters.
Oh no no no no ! You see … Al Gore et.al. have determined that the “pause” in Global Warming was caused by the oceans “sequestering” Co2. All OUR awful, horrible, HEAT-inducing Co2 is … hiding … in our oceans. Nahhhhhh undersea volcanos can’t be “seen” … so the Global Warmists will easily IGNORE their contribution. Because the people will never “believe” it.
People only “believe” things they can see … like sad-looking Polar Bears clinging to a melting ice floe. Like smokestacks BELCHING the white “smoke” of water vapor. The people will require -0- explanation for undersea, unseen, volcanos.
2015?
This more recent post from WUWT may further the conversation.
https://wattsupwiththat.com/2017/04/09/an-engineers-explanation-of-climate-change/
The best analogy(s) for the Anthroprogenic Climate Change was put forward by the British Scientist when he explained the requirements for Research funding.
In order to receive Funds for establishing the effect of Urban heat patterns on the Number of Squirrels in New York City’s Squirrel Population; the Thesis which supported the Application needed to include some reference to affect of Global Warming/Climate Change on gathering “Nuts” in Central Park.
The Scientist felt this would make a Research Funding Grant an automatic event.
The other Analogy this British Scientist used; and I apologize fro not remembering his Name & for being too lazy to research it out; is– if a person really is interested in establishing the effect of the Human Population will be to gather the Seven (7) Billions plus of Homo Sapians in one geographic area. Then on a count of Three (3) have everyone “Jump Up In To The Air”.
The purpose is to see if when everyone returns to the ground with One Great Big Bump the angle of the Earth’s Rotation arround the Sun will be affected.
I have to thank SDA again for introducing me to WUWT. Now how to get research grants redirected to where it might really help the planet and it’s population.
Oh God! A pedantry attack! Forgive me, all! I am driven by a Force beyond my control.
Anyway, here goes.
Carbon dioxide is CO2. Co2 would be a diatomic cobalt molecule, not known to be a greenhouse gas – it probably exists only in the vapour phase, at elevated temperatures.
Sorry -mea culpa, mea maxima cupa.
If I thought that CO2 was important …
Conclusions are reached based on available observations. When these are extended, the entirely tentative conclusions are re-evaluated. That’s science.
Global warming aside, we have seen an increase in earthquake activity in the US (and elsewhere) in the last few years. Oklahoma, for example, has had a swarm of earthquakes, blamed on (no, not fracking) deep injection of waste water from oil and gas wells (which yes, were fracked). But they had a similar swarm of earthquakes in the early 1950’s, prior to any deep waste water injection. Oklahoma has always been seismically active, but frequency changes.
There have also been earthquakes in other areas, such as north Texas, Missouri (near the New Madrid quake area, big one 200 years ago), and even one in Washington DC a few years ago that damaged the Washington Monument. Interesting times for us geologists, and it may get more interesting.