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To: yankeedame

Cool. I just printed these pics for my class. We’re studying plate tectonics, seismic activity, etc. It gave me an opportunity to explain and illustrate with these pictures the fact that most of the “global warming” on the planet is due to a natural phenomenon: underwater volcanic activity, especially prevalent in the Pacific “ring of fire”. Robert Felix has been a proponent of the theory of excessive underwater volcanic activity which is the source, to a great extent, of the rising temps. of the oceans.

Thank you for presenting me with this teachable moment and another opportunity to demonstrate the truth to my high school students!

Plus, they’re really cool visuals. The kids were impressed. One mentioned the first one looked like a giant fist.


14 posted on 03/19/2009 6:44:25 AM PDT by FrdmLvr (What fresh hell is this?)
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To: FrdmLvr

I’m glad that there still some teachers like you. Keep it up.


16 posted on 03/19/2009 6:48:24 AM PDT by SolidWood (Palin: "In Alaska we eat therefore we hunt.")
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To: FrdmLvr
Robert Felix has been a proponent of the theory of excessive underwater volcanic activity which is the source, to a great extent, of the rising temps. of the oceans.

There is no evidence of excessive underwater volcanic activity; it's always been going on for billions of years and there's no evidence there's any more now than there always has been.

Ice Age Now is a crackpot site and it's a bit disturbing it's being "taught."

25 posted on 03/19/2009 9:39:23 AM PDT by Strategerist
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To: FrdmLvr
If you haven't already, do a web search for "Surtsey", which formed near Iceland over the Mid-Atlantic Ridge in the late '60s/early '70s. National Geographic did a good job of documenting its formation.

Spreading centers/rift zones are another popular plate boundary for volcanic activity, but most of it is underwater.

27 posted on 03/19/2009 9:52:57 AM PDT by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
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