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Originally Posted by C1ay
Yeah, I'm waiting for someone to prove that these methane releases are also man's fault since so many have concluded that global warming is all man's fault.
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In light of the discovery of a new type of underwater volcanoes which appear millions of years old, one is hard put to blame humans.
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Originally Posted by newscientist
A new type of volcano has been discovered in the western Pacific Ocean. The findings may reduce the strength of a popular theory of “hotspot” volcanism, researchers say.
Naoto Hirano at the Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan, and colleagues have discovered miniature volcanoes – between 0.005 cubic kilometres and 1 km3 in size – near the underwater Japan Trench. These volcanoes, dubbed “petit spot” because of their size, cannot be accounted for by any of the conventional theories of volcanism.
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http://www.newscientist.com/article/...inations-.html
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