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If the cycle is that the melting glaciers cause the volcanoes to stop which causes an ice age, then human global warming melting should cause the volcanoes to c
by guelo 11y ago
If the cycle is that the melting glaciers cause the volcanoes to stop which causes an ice age, then human global warming melting should cause the volcanoes to cool down even more. So there's a chance the planet will rescue us from ourselves.
- wdmeldon 11y agoOh thank god. I was worried I'd have to change my consumption habits.
- ams6110 11y agoThere are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
- saalweachter 11y agoSo the sea level changes involved with the last ice age were around 400 feet, and we'd probably need a similar change in sea level to see a similar impact on undersea volcanoes right now. The smaller hiccup with that rescue plan is that we don't really want to see sea levels go up 100+ feet; even if that "fixes" global warming, that was one of the consequences of global warming we were trying to avoid. The larger hiccup is that the undersea volcanoes may not be contributing enough CO2 that even if they stopped completely it may not have a significant impact on our trajectory, and even if they were a large enough contributor, we may not have enough ice left to raise the sea levels enough to significantly affect their output.