Survival of mussels in extremely acidic waters
on a submarine volcano.
This relieves pressure
on submarine volcanoes, and they erupt more.
Not exact matches
«It makes you wonder, how many of these signals have we seen
on distant instruments where nobody knew what they were, and it's a
submarine volcano from halfway around the world?»
On this sea kayaking tour, you will paddle your way around the waters surrounding Cabo Blanco and visit a
submarine volcano.
However, several studies suggest that significant amounts of CH4, produced within the Earth's crust (mainly by bacterial and thermogenic processes), are released into the atmosphere through faults and fractured rocks, mud
volcanoes on land and the seafloor,
submarine gas seepage, microseepage over dry lands and geothermal seeps (Etiope and Klusman, 2002; Etiope, 2004; Kvenvolden and Rogers, 2005).
Another one in New Zealand is located
on a major fault zone with numerous
submarine volcanoes and is
on the trade winds for other volcanic activity.
Furthermore, the discovery of a surprising number of
submarine volcanoes highlights the underestimation of global volcanism and provides a loose basis for an estimate that may partly explain ocean acidification and rising atmospheric carbon dioxide levels observed last century, as well as shedding much needed light
on intensified polar spring melts.
Scientists have already speculated that volcanic cycles
on land emitting large amounts of carbon dioxide might influence climate; but up to now there was no evidence from
submarine volcanoes.
I came late to this site, but reading the comments opened many interesting questions, which I will not discuss now, but just add my letter to Maya Tolstoy
on why I do not agree with her view that
submarine volcanoes would influence global climate.