A New Debunk: "Snowball Earth Ended By Methane"... an impossible theory

[BethesdaWX]

http://www.eurekaler...t-ctd052511.php

Basically the rocks that formed during this time were at very high temperatures, and the micro-organisms in question cannot thrive in the sense that these materials were created.

Their testing shows that the rocks on which much of that ice-age-ending theory was based were formed millions of years after the ice age ended, and were formed at temperatures so high there could have been no living creatures associated with them.

What the team’s thermometer made very clear, says Eiler, is that “the carbon source was not oxidized and turned into carbonate at Earth’s surface. This was happening in a very hot hydrothermal environment, underground.”

In addition, he says, “We know it happened at least millions of years after the ice age ended, and probably tens of millions. Which means that whatever the source of carbon was, it wasn’t related to the end of the ice age.”

[WeatherRusty]

http://www.eurekaler...t-ctd052511.php

Basically the rocks that formed during this time were at very high temperatures, and the micro-organisms in question cannot thrive in the sense that these materials were created.

Their testing shows that the rocks on which much of that ice-age-ending theory was based were formed millions of years after the ice age ended, and were formed at temperatures so high there could have been no living creatures associated with them.

What the team’s thermometer made very clear, says Eiler, is that “the carbon source was not oxidized and turned into carbonate at Earth’s surface. This was happening in a very hot hydrothermal environment, underground.”

In addition, he says, “We know it happened at least millions of years after the ice age ended, and probably tens of millions. Which means that whatever the source of carbon was, it wasn’t related to the end of the ice age.”

The most commonly stated explanation for the end of snowball Earth involves volcanism. Rock weathering chemically scrubs CO2 from the atmosphere, effectively limiting the concentration of atmospheric CO2 over geologic time scales. If the Earth were covered in ice to nearly the equator, rock weathering would no longer take place and the resultant slow build up of CO2 due to volcanic activity would eventually reach a threshold whereby ice would no longer be supported.

[BethesdaWX]

If you had read the Analysis, you'd give a better response, I read through the entire thing, I suggest you do the same. Volcanism would be going off for the Millions of Years the Earth was Completely Covered in Ice, this is also discussed.

In addition, he says, “We know it happened at least millions of years after the ice age ended, and probably tens of millions. Which means that whatever the source of carbon was, it wasn’t related to the end of the ice age.”

The End of the Snowball Earth was Not Started by GHGes, but may have been enhanced afterwards (million of yrs), but for the most Part, it has been Shown that CO2 has generally Lagged Temperature, even before the recent Periods of Ice Ages and Interglacials. When we get far Enough Out, the resolutions become too low to accurately determine whether the increases are before or afterwards...unless they are millions of years apart.

So it is effectively Demonstrated that the end of the Snowball Earth was caused by Something else.