More than Three Million Underwater Volcanoes
September 23, 2020 by Robert
Ever wonder what might be heating the world’s oceans?
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Most estimates of volcanogenic carbon dioxide emission are woefully low, says consulting geologist Timothy Casey.
An enormous and unmeasured amount of carbon dioxide degases from volcanoes, mostly submarine.
Lava contains a surprising amount of carbon dioxide, said Casey in his paper, “Volcanic Carbon Dioxide.†(Principia Scientific International, 16 June 2014). In fact, CO2 is the second most abundantly emitted volcanic gas next to steam.
Carbon dioxide from underwater volcanoes dwarfs man-made contributions
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