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Actually hasn't recent history of eruptions on Earth been quiet?
Krakatoa, seems to be the last 'major' eruption (in historical terms), and depending on what you read or doco's you've seen, ejected some 5-11 CUBIC MILES of matter... (one doco I remember said 17) Anyway IMAGINE just 1 cubic mile hole... HUGE.
Although not all of that would remain up there in the sky, but I imagine it'd do some damage to the temperatures for years. Krakatoa is credited a decade of temperature disruption.
Now... think, Krakatoa is now higher than it was when it erupted... and it's not what we should be afraid of... it's a pee shooter...
There are about 12-14 super volcano sites around the world that many are 'overdue' - Yellowstone caldera is normally mentioned here, hey it's only something like 20 miles by 35 miles in size... and activity has increased and worrying ground movements or bulges recorded. It's only 10000-20000 years overdue on it's 240000 year eruption cycle...
If one of these monsters go off, we won't be worried about local temperature fluctuations but world food production being effected, and mass population loss thereof afterwards.
Just sit back, enjoy and watch the show, and hope the main event doesn't show up next door to you in your lifetime.
Mother Nature always holds check, just hope she doesn't want to finish the game.
Krakatoa, seems to be the last 'major' eruption (in historical terms), and depending on what you read or doco's you've seen, ejected some 5-11 CUBIC MILES of matter... (one doco I remember said 17) Anyway IMAGINE just 1 cubic mile hole... HUGE.
Although not all of that would remain up there in the sky, but I imagine it'd do some damage to the temperatures for years. Krakatoa is credited a decade of temperature disruption.
Now... think, Krakatoa is now higher than it was when it erupted... and it's not what we should be afraid of... it's a pee shooter...
There are about 12-14 super volcano sites around the world that many are 'overdue' - Yellowstone caldera is normally mentioned here, hey it's only something like 20 miles by 35 miles in size... and activity has increased and worrying ground movements or bulges recorded. It's only 10000-20000 years overdue on it's 240000 year eruption cycle...
If one of these monsters go off, we won't be worried about local temperature fluctuations but world food production being effected, and mass population loss thereof afterwards.
Just sit back, enjoy and watch the show, and hope the main event doesn't show up next door to you in your lifetime.
Mother Nature always holds check, just hope she doesn't want to finish the game.