Global Warming

[Outlaw Yogi]

A genuine find/discovery .. kudos for a change.
All that warm water (indicated by the red) near a land mass generally produces rain, but in this case would increase snowfall.

[Rorschach]

A genuine find/discovery .. kudos for a change.
All that warm water (indicated by the red) near a land mass generally produces rain, but in this case would increase snowfall.

All that red landmass.... land with geothermal activity. (The little red dots are volcanoes). That's the reason the ice is "melting" or not growing as much as it is in the EAST.

[Black Orchid]

[Neferti]

Exactly!

[Super Nova]

Exactly!

Exactly, Global Warming will increase extremes

[GeorgeH]

It would seem that the record Antarctic Sea Ice would be even more of a record if it wasn't for the geothermal activity along the West Antarctic Volcanic Rift System

If you read the two abstracts quoted you will find they say nothing about recent increases in tectonic activity.

This guy points it out:

thingadonta
October 13, 2014 at 3:51 pm · Reply
It might be a long bow to blame the volcanos. It’s an interesting idea, but not yet clear, as far as I know.

People have also suggested that the development of areas of warmer water and El Ninos in the eastern Pacific might be related to the high heat flux and high level of geothermal activity on the ocean floor in the Eastern Pacific, however, although there is a geographical correlation, evidence for a direct connection is currently weak, as far as I know.

You might also need evidence of increased seismic activity in recent years/decades(which isn’t really there) associated with rising magma and changes in geothermal activity in the area.

The correlation of areas of atmospheric warming and volcanoes in Antarctica might be more related to the local and regional geography, which also happens to be associated with the geothermal activity; i.e. a rift system with ?lowland areas, which might for some reason also be more climatically susceptible to warming and melting.

The stuff roach quoted was from JoNova and so probably initially from the Heartland Institute.

Love the two female idiots here, Body Odor and Naffy confusing weather and climate

[IQS.RLOW]

Didnt you promise to stay in the vortex?

I should have guessed your lack of courage in your convictions is a typical lefty trait.
Chalk up another fail for your life. Quite a list you have going there.

[Rorschach]

It would seem that the record Antarctic Sea Ice would be even more of a record if it wasn't for the geothermal activity along the West Antarctic Volcanic Rift System

If you read the two abstracts quoted you will find they say nothing about recent increases in tectonic activity.

This guy points it out:

thingadonta
October 13, 2014 at 3:51 pm · Reply
It might be a long bow to blame the volcanos. It’s an interesting idea, but not yet clear, as far as I know.

People have also suggested that the development of areas of warmer water and El Ninos in the eastern Pacific might be related to the high heat flux and high level of geothermal activity on the ocean floor in the Eastern Pacific, however, although there is a geographical correlation, evidence for a direct connection is currently weak, as far as I know.

You might also need evidence of increased seismic activity in recent years/decades(which isn’t really there) associated with rising magma and changes in geothermal activity in the area.

The correlation of areas of atmospheric warming and volcanoes in Antarctica might be more related to the local and regional geography, which also happens to be associated with the geothermal activity; i.e. a rift system with ?lowland areas, which might for some reason also be more climatically susceptible to warming and melting.

The stuff roach quoted was from JoNova and so probably initially from the Heartland Institute.

Love the two female idiots here, Body Odor and Naffy confusing weather and climate

Oh get an adult to read it for you and explain it.
from yet another source...

Now, a new study finds that these subglacial volcanoes and other geothermal "hotspots" are contributing to the melting of Thwaites Glacier, a major river of ice that flows into Antarctica's Pine Island Bay. Areas of the glacier that sit near geologic features thought to be volcanic are melting faster than regions farther away from hotspots, said Dustin Schroeder, the study's lead author and a geophysicist at the University of Texas at Austin.

It's written in easy to understand English, so what is your problem?
As for Jo Nova your irrational and incorrect assumptions are tiresome.
I'm sure that the GEOPHYSICIST who did the actual study is a more reliable source than someone blogging as "thingadonta"... YOU have no credibility Monk.

[GeorgeH]

If the tectonic activity was new it might help explain the melting. It isn’t new and nobody has stated that activity has increased recently. They don’t know—read the two abstracts JoNova linked, you know, the actual science.

And East Antarctica is also losing ice. Volcanoes again, I suppose?

[Neferti]

If the tectonic activity was new it might help explain the melting. It isn’t new and nobody has stated that activity has increased recently. They don’t know—read the two abstracts JoNova linked, you know, the actual science.

And East Antarctica is also losing ice. Volcanoes again, I suppose?

A REAL eruption on Japan the other day ..........http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-10-17/j ... ye/5820566