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    • Why El Niños Originate from geologic, Not Atmospheric, Sources
    • Flawed NASA Study: Pacific Ocean Warming Related to Volcanic Heat Flow
    • Emerging 2015 El Nino Fueled By Deep Ocean Geological Forces
    • Geological Forces Trump Man-Made Global Warming
    • How Megaplumes Influence The Climate Much More Than Expected
    • Birth of a New Climate Theory and It's Not Your Fault
    • Gulf Stream Shut Down Caused By Geological Heat Flow
    • Global Warming Conundrums and "Force Fitting" Contradictory Data
    • How Coral Reefs Recover From Geologically Induced Deep Ocean "Forest Fires"
    • El Niño’s Generated By Geological Heat Flow Not Global Warming
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    • Underlying Volcano Melted Iceland's ‘Funeral Glacier’ Not Climate Change
    • Geological ‘Hotspot’ Melting Pine Island and Thwaites Glaciers, Not Global Warming
    • Discovery of Massive Volcanic CO2 Emissions Puts Damper on Global Warming Theory
    • Multiple NASA Studies Confirm Bedrock Heat Flow Behind Melting Polar Ice, Not Global Warming
    • Three New Studies Confirm Volcanism Is Melting West Antarctic Glaciers, Not Global Warming
    • West Antarctic Volcano and Fault Belt Part of ‘Pacific Ring of Fire’
    • Largest High-Arctic Lake Melting from Geothermal Heat, Not Global Warming
    • Mounting Geological Evidence Shows Ice Sheet Melting Natural
    • NASA Study Shows Additional Geologic Forces Behind West Antarctic Ice Melt
    • Volcanic Heat Fueling ‘Mysterious’ Antarctic Melt Hole
    • In Latest West Antarctic Glacial Melt Scare, Influence of Geological Heat Flow Ignored
    • Yet Another Hole Punched in the So-Called "Settled" Climate Change Theory
    • Two New Studies Show Climate Affected by Geological Forces
    • Discovery of Additional West Antarctic Volcanoes Furthers Natural Over Man-Made Warming
    • Geologic Forces Fueling West Antarctica’s Larsen Ice Shelf Cracks
    • Anomalous Arctic Sea Ice Melting Fueled by Geological Heat Flow, Not “Global Warming”
    • Geologically Induced Northern Atlantic Ocean "Warm Blob" Melting Southern Greenland Ice Sheet
    • Antarctica’s Larsen Ice Shelf Break-Up Driven by Geological Heat Flow Not Climate Change
    • Volcanic Activity Causing East Antarctica’s Mysterious Glacial ‘Crater’
    • Natural Geological Heat Flow Causing West Antarctic Glacial Ice Melting Not Global Warming
    • West Antarctic Glacial Melting from Deep Earth Geological Heat Flow Not Global Warming
    • Volcanic Activity Supplies ‘Natural’ Mercury To Antarctic Glaciers, Not Humans
    • Geologically Warmed Ocean is Melting Arctic Sea Ice – Not Climate Change
    • How Geologic Forces are Melting Southern Greenland Ice Sheet
    • New Discoveries Revolutionize Polar Ice Cap Science
    • Active Volcanoes, Geological Forces Melting Antarctica’s Nansen Glacier – Not Global Warming
    • More Proof Greenland Ice Melt is Not Atmospheric, Rather Geologic
    • Heat From Deep Ocean Fault Punches Hole in Arctic Ice Sheet
    • Ancient Ice Ages Linked to Volcanic Activity Not Climate Change
    • How Geologic Forces are Melting the Antarctic Larsen B Ice Shelf
    • Antarctic Volcano Mount Erebus "Wakes Up"
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    • Greenland Ice Melt Geothermal, Not Man-made
    • Evidence Shows Geothermal Activity Linked to West Antarctic Ice Melt
    • West Antarctic Ice Sheet Melting from Geothermal Heat, Not Global Warming
    • Update on Geothermal Heat and Arctic Ocean Sea Ice Melt
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    • The Dirty Truth About Open-Pit Mining for Greenland’s Rare Earth Minerals
    • How ‘Atmospheric Bias’ Is Hurting Climate Science
    • “Natural Variability” Trumps Climate Change
    • Increased Geological Activity is a Climate Science Wake-Up Call
    • Media Ignores Pertinent Geological Data to Promote Methane Time Bomb Hysteria
    • Expert: Increased Methane Gas Plumes are Not Linked to Global Warming
    • How Our Vision of Climate Is "Atmospherically Biased"
    • Ancient Ice Ages Related to Volcanic Activity – A Major Confirmation of Plate Climatology Theory
    • The Calbuco Eruption Adds Another Layer to Climate Debate
    • Two New Studies Show that Global Warming is Not Behind California Drought
    • Rift System Geology Rocks Global Warming Theory
    • Climate Models - Beautifully Inaccurate
    • Volcanic Heat Flow and Sublimation Are Melting Mount Kilimanjaro Glaciers...Not Global Warming
    • Earth’s Dominate Methane Emitter? Deep Ocean Vents and Fault Systems
    • MIT Study - Volcanoes Put a Chill On Global Warming Theory
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    • How Geological Forces Generate Deep-Sea Microplastics
    • Geologist: How Geologic Factors Generate El Nino And La Nina Events
    • Geologic Heat Linked to East Coast Ocean Warming Trend
    • Volcanism Altering Bering Sea Eco-Systems Not Climate Change
    • How Major Geological Events End So-Called Glacial Periods
    • Geological Activity, Not ‘Atlantification’, Altering Arctic Ocean Temps and Salinity
    • How Major Oceanic and Continental Fault Boundaries Act to Control Much of Earth's Climate
    • Global Warming and Plate Climatology Theory – New Data Strengthens Theory
    • Further Proof El Niños are Fueled by Deep-Sea Geological Heat Flow
    • New Research Finds Massive Methane Plumes Off West Coast
    • How Geological Heating Refuels El Niño
    • How Geological Forces are Creating Powerful El Ninos
    • Giant Arctic and Antarctic Sub-Polar Faults Actively Move, Emit Methane and Emit Heat
    • Super-Strong El Niño’s are Nature’s Underwater ‘Forest Fires’
    • How Geological Forces ‘Rock’ the Earth’s Climate
    • Researchers Discover Volcanic Activity is Changing Antarctica’s Geology
    • Why El Niño and La Niña are One Continuous Geological Event
    • How Geological Forces are Behind the "Warmest Year Ever"
    • What's Fueling the Current El Niño (and It's Not Global Warming)
    • How La Nina’s Successfully Prove That El Niño’s are Geological in Origin
    • Deep Ocean Rock Layer Mega-Fluid Flow Systems
    • The Real Story of Sea Level Rise the Media Won't Tell You
    • The "Entire" Atlantic Ocean is Cooling, Contrary to Media Reports
    • The Consensus Science Politics of Continental Drift and Plate Climatology
    • Tropical Pacific Ocean warms while atmosphere and other oceans don't
    • Why El Niños Originate from geologic, Not Atmospheric, Sources
    • Flawed NASA Study: Pacific Ocean Warming Related to Volcanic Heat Flow
    • Emerging 2015 El Nino Fueled By Deep Ocean Geological Forces
    • Geological Forces Trump Man-Made Global Warming
    • How Megaplumes Influence The Climate Much More Than Expected
    • Birth of a New Climate Theory and It's Not Your Fault
    • Gulf Stream Shut Down Caused By Geological Heat Flow
    • Global Warming Conundrums and "Force Fitting" Contradictory Data
    • How Coral Reefs Recover From Geologically Induced Deep Ocean "Forest Fires"
    • El Niño’s Generated By Geological Heat Flow Not Global Warming
    • The Fallacies and Failings of Consensus Science
    • Arctic Ocean Hot Spots Generated by Sea Flor Geological Heat Flow Not Climate Change
  • Polar Regions/
    • Numerous Studies Confirm Geothermal Heat Melting Greenland Ice Sheet
    • More Proof That Geologic Forces Are Melting Thwaites and Pine Island Glaciers
    • Chain of Giant Arctic Craters Likely Caused by Climate-Altering Super Volcanoes
    • Underlying Volcano Melted Iceland's ‘Funeral Glacier’ Not Climate Change
    • Geological ‘Hotspot’ Melting Pine Island and Thwaites Glaciers, Not Global Warming
    • Discovery of Massive Volcanic CO2 Emissions Puts Damper on Global Warming Theory
    • Multiple NASA Studies Confirm Bedrock Heat Flow Behind Melting Polar Ice, Not Global Warming
    • Three New Studies Confirm Volcanism Is Melting West Antarctic Glaciers, Not Global Warming
    • West Antarctic Volcano and Fault Belt Part of ‘Pacific Ring of Fire’
    • Largest High-Arctic Lake Melting from Geothermal Heat, Not Global Warming
    • Mounting Geological Evidence Shows Ice Sheet Melting Natural
    • NASA Study Shows Additional Geologic Forces Behind West Antarctic Ice Melt
    • Volcanic Heat Fueling ‘Mysterious’ Antarctic Melt Hole
    • In Latest West Antarctic Glacial Melt Scare, Influence of Geological Heat Flow Ignored
    • Yet Another Hole Punched in the So-Called "Settled" Climate Change Theory
    • Two New Studies Show Climate Affected by Geological Forces
    • Discovery of Additional West Antarctic Volcanoes Furthers Natural Over Man-Made Warming
    • Geologic Forces Fueling West Antarctica’s Larsen Ice Shelf Cracks
    • Anomalous Arctic Sea Ice Melting Fueled by Geological Heat Flow, Not “Global Warming”
    • Geologically Induced Northern Atlantic Ocean "Warm Blob" Melting Southern Greenland Ice Sheet
    • Antarctica’s Larsen Ice Shelf Break-Up Driven by Geological Heat Flow Not Climate Change
    • Volcanic Activity Causing East Antarctica’s Mysterious Glacial ‘Crater’
    • Natural Geological Heat Flow Causing West Antarctic Glacial Ice Melting Not Global Warming
    • West Antarctic Glacial Melting from Deep Earth Geological Heat Flow Not Global Warming
    • Volcanic Activity Supplies ‘Natural’ Mercury To Antarctic Glaciers, Not Humans
    • Geologically Warmed Ocean is Melting Arctic Sea Ice – Not Climate Change
    • How Geologic Forces are Melting Southern Greenland Ice Sheet
    • New Discoveries Revolutionize Polar Ice Cap Science
    • Active Volcanoes, Geological Forces Melting Antarctica’s Nansen Glacier – Not Global Warming
    • More Proof Greenland Ice Melt is Not Atmospheric, Rather Geologic
    • Heat From Deep Ocean Fault Punches Hole in Arctic Ice Sheet
    • Ancient Ice Ages Linked to Volcanic Activity Not Climate Change
    • How Geologic Forces are Melting the Antarctic Larsen B Ice Shelf
    • Antarctic Volcano Mount Erebus "Wakes Up"
    • Fire and Ice
    • Greenland Ice Melt Geothermal, Not Man-made
    • Evidence Shows Geothermal Activity Linked to West Antarctic Ice Melt
    • West Antarctic Ice Sheet Melting from Geothermal Heat, Not Global Warming
    • Update on Geothermal Heat and Arctic Ocean Sea Ice Melt
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    • New Study Shows How Geologic Forces Significantly Affect Earth’s Climate
    • The Dirty Truth About Open-Pit Mining for Greenland’s Rare Earth Minerals
    • How ‘Atmospheric Bias’ Is Hurting Climate Science
    • “Natural Variability” Trumps Climate Change
    • Increased Geological Activity is a Climate Science Wake-Up Call
    • Media Ignores Pertinent Geological Data to Promote Methane Time Bomb Hysteria
    • Expert: Increased Methane Gas Plumes are Not Linked to Global Warming
    • How Our Vision of Climate Is "Atmospherically Biased"
    • Ancient Ice Ages Related to Volcanic Activity – A Major Confirmation of Plate Climatology Theory
    • The Calbuco Eruption Adds Another Layer to Climate Debate
    • Two New Studies Show that Global Warming is Not Behind California Drought
    • Rift System Geology Rocks Global Warming Theory
    • Climate Models - Beautifully Inaccurate
    • Volcanic Heat Flow and Sublimation Are Melting Mount Kilimanjaro Glaciers...Not Global Warming
    • Earth’s Dominate Methane Emitter? Deep Ocean Vents and Fault Systems
    • MIT Study - Volcanoes Put a Chill On Global Warming Theory
    • NOAA: Natural Weather Patterns Behind California's Drought, Not Man-Made
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Written by James E. Kamis on 4Aug2015

Figure 1: Smoke from a subglacial eruption rises above the Vatnajokull Ice Cap, Iceland

 

Two recent studies, one from Harvard and the other from the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, both conclude that there has been a very strong correlation between periods of increased worldwide volcanic activity and changes in major glaciations, usually referred to as ice ages*.  Stated another way, geological forces definitely influence climate.

This is a major confirmation of Plate Climatology Theory.

Details of how historical increases in volcanic activity influenced Ice Ages is still being debated. The debate can be boiled down to one question. What came first, volcanic activity or atmospheric warming? It’s the old “chicken or the egg” conundrum. Harvard and Lamont-Doherty both believe that atmospheric temperature changes occurred first and that these changes led to / caused changes in volcanic activity.

What is more likely is that the opposite scenario is more correct. Increases in volcanic activity came first and that these increases led to / caused changes in atmospheric temperatures. The details of each side of the debate are described below.

Harvard researched the interrelationship between historical increases in land based volcanic activity and the end of ice ages. They limited the scope of their research to land-based volcanoes and land-based glacial ice sheets. The data showed that the end of ice ages, when glacial ice sheets rapidly began to melt / retreat, coincided with dramatic increases in land-based volcanic activity. Based on this information, Harvard theorized that atmospheric warming occurred first and was therefore the root cause of deglaciation. Worked like this:

  1. The atmosphere was suddenly and somehow warmed by an unknown energy source.
  2. This warmed atmosphere acted to dramatically melt / thin worldwide glacial ice sheets.
  3. Thinned ice sheets reduced overburden pressure on previously ice sheet buried land volcanoes effectively “uncorking” / activating them. The uncorked volcanoes spewed huge amounts of CO2 and heat into the atmosphere which acted to further increase atmospheric warming.
  4. Result? End of an ice age period.

The Lamont-Doherty folks researched the interrelationship between historical changes in sub-oceanic volcanic activity and sea level changes induced by atmospheric warming and atmospheric cooling. They limited the scope of their research to sub-oceanic volcanoes and worldwide sea levels. Data from this study showed that dramatic changes in atmospheric temperatures, both warming and cooling, coincided with changes in volcanic activity. Worked like this:

  1. When an unknown energy source suddenly and somehow warmed the atmosphere, glacial ice sheets were melted.
  2. Large amount of melt water acted to dramatically raise sea levels.
  3. Higher sea levels increased downward pressure on sub-oceanic volcanoes, which acted to “cork” / deactivate sub-oceanic volcanoes.
  4. Conversely, when the unknown energy source suddenly and somehow turned off the atmosphere cooled.
  5. Cooler atmospheric temperatures acted to rebuild worldwide ice sheets and in the process steal water from the oceans.
  6. As sea levels dropped, less pressure on sub-oceanic volcanoes acted to “uncork” / activate deep ocean volcanoes. These volcanoes began spewing CO2 and heat into the ocean.
  7. According to Lamont-Doherty the result of this complex series of events fits well with the Harvard research.

There are many problems with the integrated Harvard / Lamont-Doherty theory. Concerning land-based volcanoes, removing the overburden ice height-induced pressure has been conclusively proven to NOT “uncork” buried volcanoes.

Antarctica Ice core data clearly shows that many times in past (12,000 and 43,000 years ago) deeply buried ice sheet volcanoes located along the West Antarctic Rift System violently erupted. These eruptions were not the least bit inhibited by overlying ice column pressure.

Secondly sub-glacial Antarctic volcanic systems are currently very active. They have created and maintain an entire present day interconnected system of sub-glacial freshwater lakes and streams. Additionally, the heat flow from the West Antarctic Rift System is currently melting glaciers above it.

Concerning deep sub-oceanic volcanic activity, removing the overburden pressure induced by a raised sea-level of a few hundred feet is insufficient to “uncork” deep ocean volcanoes, which lie at depths of 10,000 feet. Additionally, sea level has not dramatically risen in decades, however we are currently in the midst of a dramatic increase in sub-oceanic volcanic activity.

There is a much better explanation for the correlation between ice ages and volcanism, one that fits nicely into Plate Climatology Theory. Geological and astronomical research shows that increases of global volcanic activity occur predictably in association with changes in Earth’s rotational / orbital patterns.

Scientists have known for many years that changes in the Earth’s axial rotation or its solar orbit put immense amounts of stress on the planet’s crust, inducing global increases in continental and sub-oceanic volcanic activity (Milankovitch Cycles). Resulting eruptions during these time periods spew large amounts of heat and CO2 into the atmosphere and oceans.

Earth’s atmosphere suddenly and dramatically warms from a well known / defined energy source.  A warmed atmosphere acts to melt glaciers. Increased glacial melt water raises sea level. When the increased volcanic activity cycle subsides the sea levels are at their highest level. This gives the false appearance, as per the Lamont-Doherty folks, that a higher sea level “corks” deep ocean volcanoes. This is not true. It’s just the end of the volcanically induced glacial melting cycle.

Other modern examples of how geological forces have influenced the Arctic, Antarctic, and Greenland Ice Sheets has been mentioned in previous postings: Update On Geothermal Heat And Arctic Ocean Sea Ice Melt,  West Antarctic Ice Sheet Melting From Geothermal Heat, Not Global Warming, and Greenland Ice Melt Geothermal, Not Manmade.

Historical geological forces, primarily in the form of well documented and well understood cycles in volcanic activity, have driven global glacial cycles / ice ages. It is here contended that historical atmospheric warming is a side effect of increased volcanic activity, not the cause of increased volcanic activity.

The Plate Climatology Theory has come of age…Ice Age to be precise.

* Currently, we are in an interglacial period. The last glacial period / ice age ended 11,500 ago. Since that time glaciers have been melting at relatively predictable / steady rates, associated glacial melt water has predictably / steadily raised sea level, and atmospheric temperatures have predictably / steadily increased.

 

Resources


http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/01/120130131509.htm

http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/news-events/seafloor-volcano-pulses-may-alter-climate

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