May 29, 2004: Climate Change - Robert Felix
Podcast: The Art Bell ArchivePublished On: Thu Aug 21 2025
Description: Art Bell returns from the New York premiere of The Day After Tomorrow and welcomes author Robert Felix to discuss his book Not by Fire but by Ice. Felix argues that the current ocean warming is driven not by human activity but by massive underwater volcanic systems, including the recently discovered Gackel Ridge beneath the Arctic Ocean, where volcanic mountains three miles high are producing intense hydrothermal activity that scientists had never previously documented.Felix presents evidence that glaciers are growing in Norway, Switzerland, New Zealand, Ecuador, and even on Mount Shasta in California, where several have doubled in size since 1950. He contends that warmer oceans increase evaporation, which falls as heavier precipitation in winter months, noting that 15 inches of rain falling as snow would bury every one-story building under 150 inches. The pattern mirrors conditions that preceded previous ice ages in the geological record.The conversation turns to the Yellowstone supervolcano, where ground has risen 29 inches since 1923 and a bulge the size of seven football fields has formed at the bottom of its largest lake. Felix describes how a full eruption would blast lava 30 miles into the sky, kill everyone within a 600-mile radius, drop global temperatures by 20 degrees, and deposit seven feet of volcanic ash across Nebraska.
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