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Add volcanoes to climate change outcomes

• phkahler 6y ago
  No, this is a surface phenomenon. No amount of rain is going to determine weather a seafloor volcano forms or is active.
  • sudoaza 6y ago
    Who said anything about seafloor?
    • phkahler 6y ago
      Kilauea is in Hawaii right? Those islands are all sea floor volcanos that reached the surface.
      • ceejayoz 6y ago
        Sure, but it is now above the sea floor, and thus reachable by rain. As the article indicates.
      • sudoaza 6y ago
        And with changing weather patterns and more evaporation I'd expect more rain in some places, probably around some volcanoes too.
  • phyzome 6y ago
    Well... with sea level rise, and changing pressure due to ice sheets melting (crust rebound), I would expect seismic and volcanic activity. Probably more of a polar thing, though?
  • foobarbecue 6y ago
    There is some pretty strong evidence that mid-ocean ridge volcanism is modulated by sea level change (no bearing on hot spot volcanism like HI). I read some papers on it a few years ago. Here's a recent one I haven't read yet: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2020.116121 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2020.116121