Reply #39: Actually, there may be a CORRELATION between the two.

[MineralMan]

Causation is not proven. Post hoc ergo propter hoc fallacy. Folks in the sciences often fall prey to that fallacy.

Is it the beginning of something. Well, perhaps, although the first paper came out in 2004. It doesn't appear that many are stepping on this bandwagon, though. Many speculations lead to research that shows that the speculation is unwarranted. Many hypotheses end up leading nowhere.

At this point, there is no actual evidence for any causation. There is only some correlation. In reality, the vulcanism may cause the climate change. That is known to happen. Data is scarce, really, over most of recorded history regarding worldwide vulcanism. It's going to be a very difficult case to make, and I expect we'll hear little more of it.