Environment & Energy
Related: About this forumAs glaciers melt, scientists study potential for more violent volcanic eruptions - PBS NewsHour
Scientists are flocking to Iceland to investigate an increasingly crucial question: Will melting glaciers accelerate and intensify earthquakes and volcanic eruptions? William Brangham reports. - Aired on 08/23/2025.

Attilatheblond
(6,978 posts)Not just forces of shifts in weight of water/ice on magma in various areas, but also forces outside our little blue sphere and how they impact tectonics and volcanic action. Like the variances in gravitational pull of things in our solar system and even beyond, plasma bursts and other hob goblins of physics. Pretty unsettling stuff
This is the kind of stuff I listen to while trying to fall/stay asleep. Crazy, huh? But it slows me down from pondering what shit show stuff the Thug Administration might be up to while Americans sleep.
OKIsItJustMe
(21,640 posts)The biggest threat is ecological collapse (climate change plus other minor details, like plastic pollution, ocean acidification
) the sort of thing which potentially could kill all of humanity, even the entire ecosystem.
To me, the greatest threat T**** represents is his deliberate sabotage of efforts to combat these building existential threats.
OKIsItJustMe
(21,640 posts)Rhiannon12866
(241,397 posts)I checked this out back when this was initially posted, but it rates a second reading now.
OKIsItJustMe
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