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Volcano discovery hints at fire below ice in Antarctica
Los Angeles Times ^
| November 17, 2013
| Geoffrey Mohan
Posted on 11/20/2013 6:03:18 PM PST by SunkenCiv
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Mt. Sidley is the youngest of a chain of volcanoes looms over the ice sheet in Marie Byrd Land in western Antarctica. (Douglas Wiens / Washington University, St. Louis / December 11, 2011)
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posted on
11/20/2013 6:03:18 PM PST
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SunkenCiv
To: 75thOVI; agrace; aimhigh; Alice in Wonderland; AndrewC; aragorn; aristotleman; Avoiding_Sulla; ...
I have *someone* to thank, because I saw the link to this story in one of the threads, but I lost track where.
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posted on
11/20/2013 6:04:43 PM PST
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SunkenCiv
(http://www.freerepublic.com/~mestamachine/)
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
11/20/2013 6:08:06 PM PST
by
Hoodat
(Democrats - Opposing Equal Protection since 1828)
To: SunkenCiv
Volcanoes are the zits of the world. Is this an arc chain or subduction job?
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posted on
11/20/2013 6:09:42 PM PST
by
Sirius Lee
(All that is required for evil to advance is for government to do "something")
To: SunkenCiv
Mountain Ranges have active Volcanoes?
Who knew?
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posted on
11/20/2013 6:09:54 PM PST
by
Paladin2
To: SunkenCiv
Like what Arthur Gordon Pym ran into.
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posted on
11/20/2013 6:10:02 PM PST
by
MUDDOG
To: SunkenCiv
Still it's mankind's fault for the ice melting, Al Gore said so in spite of the fact that there is a real live volcano under Antartica melting the ice..... sarcasm...
To: SunkenCiv
Mt. Erebus puffs...So what’s the big deal?
Am I missing something?
SPA-WO ‘83-’84
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posted on
11/20/2013 6:11:44 PM PST
by
kinsman redeemer
(The real enemy seeks to devour what is good.)
To: SunkenCiv
This might become a hot topic among the environmentalist.
To: kinsman redeemer
...I guess this is just the start of summer research reports.
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posted on
11/20/2013 6:13:32 PM PST
by
kinsman redeemer
(The real enemy seeks to devour what is good.)
To: SunkenCiv
There’s likely some seriously amazing stuff way down under those miles of ice. Volcanic activity... A warm spot... Couldn’t it melt out a gargantuan cathedral type cavity deep below the surface? Or a whole series of them? They’d have strange and ugly concentrations of gases, and liquid water with lord-knows-what chemistry happening in there. Life? Maybe?
I’m also curious to see what sorts of critters might be living in that huge lake that’s been cut off from the rest of the world for millions of years, covered by miles of ice.
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posted on
11/20/2013 6:16:38 PM PST
by
Ramius
(Personally, I give us one chance in three. More tea anyone?)
To: SunkenCiv
The LA Times is only NOW discovering that western Antarctica is volcanically active?
The hot springs on Antarctic's Deception Island is a tourist destination.
Back in 2008, wattsupwiththat.com had a big article on it.
Map of Antarctic volcanoes:
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11/20/2013 6:19:40 PM PST
by
PapaBear3625
(You don't notice it's a police state until the police come for you.)
To: SunkenCiv
Is there not a law or requirement - I mean, can we get every gorebal warmer to get down there stat to investigate this thing?
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11/20/2013 6:21:39 PM PST
by
spankalib
("I freed a thousand slaves. I could have freed a thousand more if only they knew they were slaves.")
To: Ramius
Im also curious to see what sorts of critters might be living in that huge lake thats been cut off from the rest of the world for millions of years, covered by miles of ice.Discovery.com had an article in 2012 on the odd critters inhabiting the antarctic hot springs, with pics.
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11/20/2013 6:24:34 PM PST
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PapaBear3625
(You don't notice it's a police state until the police come for you.)
To: PapaBear3625
Cousteau went to Deception Bay, what, 40 years ago, I think one of his sons died shooting some underwater footage there. Regardless, they filmed the cemetery left by (I think it was) the Chileans, who’d claimed the area despite the UN agreement about Antarctica, started to colonize it, then there was a little volcanic gas episode, a bunch of the colonists died, and they just packed up and got out, leaving the structures behind, the only real ghost town on the continent.
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11/20/2013 6:33:54 PM PST
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SunkenCiv
(http://www.freerepublic.com/~mestamachine/)
To: SunkenCiv
To: PapaBear3625
It’s interesting stuff. Now take those curious species, and imagine what might happen if they had been isolated from the rest of the world for a couple hundred million years. The possibilities are fantastic.
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11/20/2013 6:35:18 PM PST
by
Ramius
(Personally, I give us one chance in three. More tea anyone?)
To: Ramius
Lake Vostok? The Russians contaminated it while trying to get a pristine sample, brilliant freakin’ work.
That “cathedral” idea is highly intriguing btw.
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11/20/2013 6:35:44 PM PST
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SunkenCiv
(http://www.freerepublic.com/~mestamachine/)
To: PapaBear3625
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posted on
11/20/2013 6:36:13 PM PST
by
null and void
(I'm betting on an Obama Trifecta: A Nobel Peace Prize, an Impeachment, AND a War Crimes Trial...)
To: Hoodat
Wow, he’s a genius, eh? ;’)
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11/20/2013 6:36:20 PM PST
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SunkenCiv
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