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NASA Discovers Mantle Plume Almost as Hot as Yellowstone Supervolcano That's Melting Antarctica
Newsweek ^ | Nov 8, 2017 | Hannah Osborne

Posted on 11/09/2017 3:47:05 AM PST by smileyface

A mantle plume producing almost as much heat as Yellowstone supervolcano appears to be melting part of West Antarctica from beneath.

Researchers at NASA have discovered a huge upwelling of hot rock under Marie Byrd Land, which lies between the Ross Ice Shelf and the Ross Sea, is creating vast lakes and rivers under the ice sheet. The presence of a huge mantle plume could explain why the region is so unstable today, and why it collapsed so quickly at the end of the last Ice Age, 11,000 years ago.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; Technical
KEYWORDS: antarctica; antartica; catastrophism; chatforum; climatechangehoax; earthcore; globalwarming; globalwarminghoax; iceage; mantle; nasa; rossiceshelf; rosssea; science
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To: smileyface

Oh, that super plume? My SUV made that.


21 posted on 11/09/2017 4:29:44 AM PST by Bigg Red (Vacate the chair! Ryan must go. Dump McConnman, too.)
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To: I want the USA back

Should be able to fix it with a flurry of laws at the federal level.


22 posted on 11/09/2017 4:31:30 AM PST by whistleduck ("....the calm confidence of a Christian with 4 aces".....S.)
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To: smileyface

Just one more reason to believe in “man-made global warming”! /S


23 posted on 11/09/2017 4:31:56 AM PST by Road Warrior ‘04 (Molon Labe! (Oathkeeper))
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To: smileyface

The only thing that can stop this coming mega-disaster is more billions and billions of dollars in taxpayer subsidies for wind and solar power, electric cars, and more ethanol to replace gasoline.

Along with higher taxes and shutting down all coal mines of course.


24 posted on 11/09/2017 4:33:17 AM PST by Vlad The Inhaler (United We Stand - Divided We Fall. Remember: Diversity is the opposite of unity.)
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To: smileyface

Nonsense! Only human caused climate change is making anything melt and get warmer in our entire planet!


25 posted on 11/09/2017 4:36:32 AM PST by vpintheak (Freedom is not equality; and equality is not freedom!)
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To: smileyface

I just know I’m soon to be told this is all my fault.


26 posted on 11/09/2017 4:50:29 AM PST by servo1969
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To: smileyface

So global warming caused volcanoes are melting down the Pole/s


27 posted on 11/09/2017 4:56:57 AM PST by mountainlion (Live well for those that did not make it back.)
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To: servo1969
I’m soon to be told this is all my fault.

Well, it is. Always was, always will be.


28 posted on 11/09/2017 4:57:56 AM PST by C210N (It is easier to fool the people than convince them that they have been fooled)
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To: Londo Molari

No MA’AM.


29 posted on 11/09/2017 5:02:39 AM PST by JohnnyP (Thinking is hard work (I stole that from Rush).)
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To: ronnie raygun
I thought NASA had been reporpersed to advance Islam?
30 posted on 11/09/2017 5:07:37 AM PST by mountainlion (Live well for those that did not make it back.)
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To: jughandle

One addendum to your post placed at the very end; “don’t like” but always drive


31 posted on 11/09/2017 5:11:35 AM PST by PeatownPaul (Engineer's moto: It's working, let's fix it)
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To: CondorFlight

No, Doctor Evil’s notorious preparation H. Aka, operation ass cream! Moooohhoooo, Maaaahaaa!


32 posted on 11/09/2017 5:11:58 AM PST by Trevieze (Messy desk is a sign of a messy mind. An empty desk is a sign of an empty mind!)
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To: smileyface

Why is The Left always wrong about most things?


33 posted on 11/09/2017 5:13:05 AM PST by Chgogal (Sessions recused himself for shaking an Ambassador's hand. Shameful!)
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To: smileyface

And that mantle plume is all because you won’t give more taxpayer money to Musk to build electric cars.


34 posted on 11/09/2017 5:27:54 AM PST by PAR35
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To: PeatownPaul

Excellent observation, that’s the “but I need a big vehicle, they don’t” crowd..


35 posted on 11/09/2017 5:43:57 AM PST by jughandle (Big words anger me, keep talking.)
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To: smileyface

Given their political agenda, everything they say is suspect.


36 posted on 11/09/2017 5:49:33 AM PST by Spok
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To: jughandle
I think I see the problem, if they'd just call int a Womantle, no one would dare be upset about an occasional hot flash!

I can't believe I mashed send...

37 posted on 11/09/2017 5:49:55 AM PST by null and void (The internet gave everyone a mouth. It gave no one a brain.)
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To: Bigg Red

Nothing worse than one of those silent super plumes in a crowded elevator.


38 posted on 11/09/2017 5:55:57 AM PST by Noumenon (Can you imagine if Islam were NOT the religion of peace?)
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To: smileyface

There’s a lot of hot air coming out of DC.


39 posted on 11/09/2017 5:58:27 AM PST by bgill (CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola.")
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To: smileyface

Impossible. It has to be anthropogenic global warming. The science is settled.


40 posted on 11/09/2017 6:00:54 AM PST by Bloody Sam Roberts ("Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment." - Will Rogers)
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