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Thank you, BrianH. I must have missed your link.
My apologies.
Fascinating.
Whether it is a significant cause of polar icecap melting, I cannot say.
Apparently scientific consensus seems to think its impact on the icecap is minimal.
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With news this week that polar ice is melting dramatically, underwater Arctic pyrotechnics might seem like a logical smoking gun. Scientists don't see any significant connection, however.
"We don't believe the volcanoes had much effect on the overlying ice," Reeves-Sohn told LiveScience, "but they seem to have had a major impact on the overlying water column."
The eruptions discharge large amounts of carbon dioxide, helium, trace metals and heat into the water over long distances, he said.
The research, detailed in the June 26 issue of the journal Nature, was funded by NASA, the National Science Foundation and WHOI.
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