THE BIG PICTURE storm, earthquake &
volcanic events come a lowerly 6th on the ladder of cause & effect & to study ocean temperature without finding out «why» under sea volcano eruptions happen isn't a sientific aproach in that book of mine.
Not exact matches
A series of Cataclysmic
events will take place, to mention a few, earthquakes, Yellowstone, the
coming California earthquake August 9, 2011, the earth wobble, the
volcanic eruptions, the oceans rising, the earth splinting open spilling lava all over, the atmosphere will be consumed killing all living things.
(The five previous extinction
events all
came before the evolution of Homo sapiens, apparently triggered by a cataclysmic
event or combination of
events, such as a fall in sea level, an asteroid impact,
volcanic activity.)
(For those «
coming in in the middle» — assuming any such are still reading — this subthread began with a link I provided discussing the vulnerability our complex society bears WRT to very large
volcanic eruptions, in the context of the robustness of some Stone Age populations who «thrived» during the
event — albeit at a considerable distance!)
«A climate pattern may
come in the form of a regular cycle, like the diurnal cycle or the seasonal cycle; a quasi periodic
event, like El Niño; or a highly irregular
event, such as a
volcanic winter... A mode of variability is a climate pattern with identifiable characteristics, specific regional effects, and often oscillatory behavior... the mode of variability with the greatest effect on climates worldwide is the seasonal cycle, followed by El Niño - Southern Oscillation, followed by thermohaline circulation.»
The most likely candidate for that climatic variable force that
comes to mind is solar variability (because I can think of no other force that can change or reverse in a different trend often enough, and quick enough to account for the historical climatic record) and the primary and secondary effects associated with this solar variability which I feel are a significant player in glacial / inter-glacial cycles, counter climatic trends when taken into consideration with these factors which are, land / ocean arrangements, mean land elevation, mean magnetic field strength of the earth (magnetic excursions), the mean state of the climate (average global temperature), the initial state of the earth's climate (how close to interglacial - glacial threshold condition it is) the state of random terrestrial (violent
volcanic eruption, or a random atmospheric circulation / oceanic pattern that feeds upon itself possibly) / extra terrestrial
events (super-nova in vicinity of earth or a random impact) along with Milankovitch Cycles.