Supervolcano in Europe may blow cork

[Cold Pizza]

We know that geological time is much longer than our lives and this newspaper may be sensationalist, but this is relevant and there could be millions of people involved. I hear pizzas in Naples are very delicious. You better get there fast if you want to enjoy one.

Supervolcano 'worse than Vesuvius' that could kill MILLIONS across Europe 'ready to blow'

A SUPERVOLCANO on the brink of blowing threatens to wipe out Europe, kill millions “immediately” and bring the world economy to its knees.

Around two thousand years ago Mount Vesuvius erupted, destroying the Roman city of Pompeii and killing an estimated 1,500 people.

http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/late...ption-vesuvius

Today, a far more sinister supervolcano named Campi Flegrei is lurking underneath Naples in Italy.

Shock research, revealed last month, warned that the “big daddy” of Vesuvius is showing signs of “reawakening” and may be on the brink of going off.

Should it blow in a “big one” eruption, experts told Daily Star Online thousands, possibly millions, of people across Europe would be killed “immediately” from incineration and suffocation.

Dense black ash clouds would block out the sun, plunging the continent into months, if not years, of eerie darkness.

Tens of billions would be instantly wiped off the global economy as air travel, industry and farming would be ground to a halt.

The environment would take a pounding too as a boiling black cloud of hit gas would shoot into the atmosphere, triggering acid rain and accelerating global warming.

Worryingly scientists cannot predict and have no idea when it will next blow its top.

Dr. Luca De Siena, Geophysics professor at University of Aberdeen, is one of the leading experts researching the volcano.



Campi Flegrei last blew in 1538 in an eruption lasting eight days that formed a new mountain, Monte Nuovo.

[pulvarien]

Actually volcanic erruptions cause global cooling, they block out the sun and its heat.

[wasabi]

And they ground aircraft, remember the Icelandic eruption.

[blue]

''triggering acid rain and accelerating global warming.''

I thought either global warming , brexit, or donald trump would get a mention .
but please- the sky is blacked out and it gets hotter

[Cold Pizza]

Actually volcanic erruptions cause global cooling, they block out the sun and its heat.

That's in the article Pulvy.

It'd hurt some crops and kill some peeps.

[Seekingasylum]

This Eyetie eruption is a mere burp compared to the Yellowstone national park super volcano which will eventually blow in a cataclysmic blast sufficient to be termed an extinction event.

[Begbie]

The problem us that thousands of people actually live within the volcano. It's a potential disaster for Italy but not of the scale implied by the hyperbole of this Dannyboy style piece.

[Cold Pizza]

This Eyetie eruption is a mere burp compared to the Yellowstone national park super volcano which will eventually blow in a cataclysmic blast sufficient to be termed an extinction event.

Yeah, I've read about that one.

Massive and deadly.

As usual when talking about geological time, we could be talking about that eruption in 1 million years, or 10+ million years?

Sooner?

[Seekingasylum]

I hope within the year.

[kmart]

This Eyetie eruption is a mere burp compared to the Yellowstone national park super volcano which will eventually blow in a cataclysmic blast sufficient to be termed an extinction event.

Yup. Blows once every 600,000 years according to geologists. We're a little overdue apparently.

[Cold Pizza]

I hope within the year.

You must not like Snubs.

Anyway, I found this. There is a possibility - note the term *possibility* that it'll blow chunks within 80 years.



Yellowstone about to blow? Scientists warning over SUPER-VOLCANO that could kill MILLIONS

SCIENTISTS have warned the world is in "volcano season" and there is up to a 10% chance of an eruption soon killing millions of people and devastating the planet.

By JON AUSTIN
PUBLISHED: 13:05, Thu, Mar 31, 2016 | UPDATED: 22:38, Thu, Mar 31, 2016

Volcanoes are the biggest threat to human survival, claim scientists

Instances of volcanic eruptions are their highest for 300 years and scientists fear a major one that could kill millions and devastate the planet is a real possibility.

Experts at the European Science Foundation said volcanoes – especially super-volcanoes like the one at Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, which has a caldera measuring 34 by 45 miles (55 by 72 km) - pose more threat to Earth and the survival of humans than asteroids, earthquakes, nuclear war and global warming.

There are few real contingency plans in place to deal with the ticking time bomb, which they conclude is likely to go off within the next 80 years.

Yellowstone about to blow? 1 in 10 chance super-volcano will 'kill millions' | Science | News | Express.co.uk

[birding]

The disposal of fracking waste has been blamed for earthquakes.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/artic...disposal-wells

Could it be that it may also destabilise volcanic areas enough to increase volcanic activity.

Although Wyoming does not have as many fracking wells and deep disposal wells as some other states it does have quite a lot some close to Yellowstone and even a few inside the park.

Wyoming Map of Oil & Gas Wells

Italy also carries out fracking and there has been conjuncture that it may have triggered the recent earthquakes.

Italian region says fracking may have caused quakes | Newshub

[pulvarien]

When karakatoa blew in the early 1800s the world went into a 2 or 3 year mini ice age. In other words the pollution put out bye 1 volcano overwhelms all the pollution put out bye mankind for many years in just a few days. Natures effect on the world climate survival is overwhelming compared to man.

[UrbanMan]

There are few real contingency plans in place to deal with the ticking time bomb, which they conclude is likely to go off within the next 80 years.

What contingency plans do you suggest?

[Cold Pizza]

There are few real contingency plans in place to deal with the ticking time bomb, which they conclude is likely to go off within the next 80 years.

What contingency plans do you suggest?

I assume your asking the author of the article.

Well, these millions of people could all move to Florida.

[koman]

Well, at last we have a refreshing new threat to help relieve the pressure on Donald Trump. He just wants to temporarily halt visa issuance to a handful of failing states for 90 days, but surely a gigantic volcanic eruption killing millions could diminish the perceived importance of this Trump atrocity....at least for a few days.

[Sumbitch]

This Eyetie eruption is a mere burp compared to the Yellowstone national park super volcano which will eventually blow in a cataclysmic blast sufficient to be termed an extinction event.

The supervolcano beneath Yellowstone National Park has not erupted for around 70,000 years. When it next erupts, scientists say most of the US will be covered by a blanket of ash, while there will be major climate changes felt across the globe.

Currently, experts say they are 99.9% confident Yellowstone will not blow in the 21st century but no one knows exactly when the next event will be.

When will Yellowstone supervolcano erupt again? Scientists might have worked it out

[Cold Pizza]

Gulp....

Set to blow? European supervolcano at 'CRITICAL STAGE' as eruption threatens 360,000 lives

By NICOLE STINSON
Tue, May 16, 2017

SUPERVOLCANO Campi Flegrei is at a critical stage and scientists have warned that European authorities need to be ready – as experts fear the lives of more than 360,000 people across Europe could be at risk.


Campi Flegrei eruption: Italy's supervolcano at 'CRITICAL STAGE' threatening 360,000 lives | World | News | Express.co.uk

[thaimeme]

Humans are the greatest threat to human survival.
To blame the planet for our downfall is quite ignorant and self-important.

The Earth?
The Earth is self-healing, yet a little natural selective extermination process would help in reassuring such healing.

[Maanaam]

remember the Icelandic eruption.

Yes....but neither of us can remember the name of it

Eyjafjallajökull
Get your tongue around that...and spell it.

[chassamui]

Humans are the greatest threat to human survival.
To blame the planet for our downfall is quite ignorant and self-important.

The Earth?
The Earth is self-healing, yet a little natural selective extermination process would help in reassuring such healing.

Unfortunately the planet often chooses too few victims of entirely the wrong calibre. Wait until Trump visits the Vatican, then consume the entourage of both disciples.

[Auroria]

This Eyetie eruption is a mere burp compared to the Yellowstone national park super volcano which will eventually blow in a cataclysmic blast sufficient to be termed an extinction event.

Yup. Blows once every 600,000 years according to geologists. We're a little overdue apparently.

No it doesn't.

The average time between eruptions is 600,000 years, according to their data.

Some have been 10,000 years, some have been 3 million years. 600,000 years is simply the average that gives no indication as to the time frame before the next.

Educate yourself.

[VocalNeal]

Supervolcano in Europe may blow cork

What? There's a volcano in Ireland?

The problem us that thousands of people actually live within the volcano.

What like the people who live within the ocean and have flying saucers

[cyrille]

You mean you haven't heard of the lava people?

[Cold Pizza]

You mean you haven't heard of the lava people?

*Calling David Ickes*