[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

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[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

fyi

[afraidfortherepublic]

Does anyone know the reasons (triggering mechanisms) that land volcanoes erupt? Jes’ askin’.

Having just left a thread noting that Obama was again putting the sales of oil leases on hold, I can just see them saying, “Oh no! We can’t drill for oil undersea. It might cause a VOLCANO to erupt and spread greenhouse gases. Horrors!”

[The Pack Knight]

Bush’s fault.

[vpintheak]

Of course they were never there to worry about before, until we discovered them. Or something like that right?
Oh noes!
God is in control.

[b4its2late]

Thanks! I needed one more thing to worry about.

[left that other site]

We're DOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMMMMMMMEDDDD!!!!!!!!

[Moltke]

To explore the origins of these seafloor giants, scientists drilled into a large, 145 million-year-old underwater volcanic mountain chain off the coast of Japan.

What could possibly go wrong? (I see a movie in the making.)

[steelyourfaith]

Thanx !

 

Beam me to Planet Gore !

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

And more from the links in the comments to the original article:

World's deepest undersea vents discovered in Caribbean

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The vents, known as black smokers, were located 5,000m (3.1 miles) down in the Cayman Trough.

The volcanic chimneys, which spew out water hot enough to melt lead, were caught on film by a British-led team.

Marine biologist Dr Jon Copley said: "Seeing the world's deepest black-smoker vents looming out of the darkness was awe-inspiring."

He added: "Super-heated water was gushing out of their two-storey-high mineral spires, more than three miles beneath the waves."

Expedition leader Doug Connelly said: "We hope our discovery will yield new insights into biogeochemically important elements in one of the most extreme naturally occurring environments on our planet."

The team, led by the National Oceanography Centre (NOC) in Southampton, is sailing across the Caribbean and the Southern Ocean on the scientific research vessel the James Cook.

It was like wandering across the surface of another world Bramley Murton, scientist Follow the team's voyage

Previously, the deepest smokers were found in the Ashadze vent field in the mid-Atlantic Ridge at a depth of 4,040m.

The discovery was made with the help of two deep-sea vehicles.

Firstly, a robotic submarine called Autosub6000 enabled the team to map the seafloor of the Cayman Trough in fine detail. Then a vehicle called HyBIS equipped with hi-definition cameras, was lowered down and captured detailed images of the smokers.

[greatplains]

The result? “Loss of species, increased greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, and changes in ocean circulation,”

OK, that does it - sic the EPA on it.

[urtax$@work]

Will throw massive moisture into the air. What happens if
its winter in the US when that happens.??

[P.O.E.]

Earth has eaten too many vegetables, and has to let out a little gas once in a while.

[uglybiker]

...undersea supervolcanoes

[bd476]

Excellent article, Ernest! BTTT!

[LadyDoc]

is this located in the Japanese version of the Burmuda triangle, where they report a lot of lost ships?