My volcanic theory of the ice ages

My loyal readers know I have been rooting for the volcanic theory of the ice age.  The polar caps melt, the crust rises and volcanoes spew.  The earth cools enough to trigger a glacial period.

To expand the scope of the discoveries, Dr Kutterolf and his colleagues studied other cores from the entire Pacific region. These cores had been collected as part of the International Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (IODP) and its predecessor programmes. They record more than a million years of the Earth’s history. “In fact, we found the same pattern from these cores as in Central America” says geophysicist Dr Marion Jegen from GEOMAR, who also participated in the recent study.Together with colleagues at Harvard University, the geologists and geophysicists searched for a possible explanation. They found it with the help of geological computer models. “In times of global warming, the glaciers are melting on the continents relatively quickly. At the same time the sea level rises. The weight on the continents decreases, while the weight on the oceanic tectonic plates increases. Thus, the stress changes within in the earth to open more routes for ascending magma” says Dr Jegen. WUWT

That makes a bunch of scientists get the Nobel, but I get a banana. But I extend my theory, so geologists get ready.  I think the ice age phenomena is a magma pump, forceing the flow of magma nort to south under the crust.

And another pretty face found on the Internet.