Is Magma Melting Greenland's Ice?

Question

http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20071213/sc_livescience/magmamaybemeltinggreenlandice

Answer 1

Yes, isn't it amazing that the earth changes without man having anything to do with it? Are there other forces at work that we do not understand?

Could some scientists find their research funding drying up if global warming mania subsides?

Does anyone remember that in the 70s the majority of scientists thought that man would cause a new ice age?

Answer 2

This is an interestin gpossibility--though, as the article points out, it is far from certain.

But here's a couple of points to think about--ormaybe you could call it a prediction: the "skeptics" will glom onto this to try to shore up their aad hoc blather about global warming being "natural."

And in so doing, they will again show how utterly ignorant of real science they are. In point of fact, this hypothesis, if verified,provides ADDED support for the existing theories of global warming and its causes--the real ones, I mean, not the skeptic's BS.

Here's why. First, keep in mind that sceintists, unlike the skeptics, recognize that climat change is a complexx process with a variety of factors at wdork. Now--our existing models show unequivocally that man-made global warming is primarily responsible for the Artic ice melt--including Greenland.

However, the melting has accelerated recently at a rate faster than the models predict, and scientists have been trying to find out why--that is, to figure out what the factor is that is responsible for the higher rate of melting.

This hypothesis, if proven to be correct, will account, either partly or fully, for the discrepancy. In so doing, it will also show the validity of the basic model-which can then be amended to include the new factor (magma-caused melting).

This, by the way, is how science actually works. A basic model (theory), once verified, is just that--verified. It doesn't change--and there is no "debate" about its's validity. But the world is a complex place--and as we discover new information, these basic models (in climate science or any other area) become more complex--and accurate--as they are amended and refined. That doesn't call the validity ofthe model into question; it simply strengthens it by making it still more accurate and hence useful.

Answer 3

This looks most the likely cause of ice melting.
Remember 90% of ice in water is UNDERWATER.
Air temperatures at +1-2 degree could not have enough effect to cause any significant melting.

Has anyone even heard of an ALARMIST mention the tremendous HEAT from WITHIN the EARTH???
http://volcano.und.edu/vwdocs/vwlessons/lessons/Earths_layers/Earths_layers4.html

Answer 4

Another parameter in the climate model. We are up to 973 parameters now. Of course the CO2 we've added to the atmosphere (eight one hundredths of one percent of the atmosphere) is what controls the climate.

Answer 5

Kinda looks that way, at least according to this article.