Posted on 08/23/2014 8:23:20 AM PDT by george76
BRITAIN could freeze in YEARS of super-cold winters and miserable summers if the Baroabunga volcano erupts, experts have warned.
Depending on the force of the explosion, minute particles thrust beyond the earth’s atmosphere can trigger DECADES of chaotic weather patterns.
Tiny pieces of debris act as billions of shields reflecting the sun’s light away from earth meaning winter temperatures could plunge LOWER THAN EVER before while summer will be devoid of sunshine.
The first effect could be a bitterly cold winter to arrive in weeks with thermometers plunging into minus figures and not rising long before next summer.
The Icelandic Met Office has this week warned of “strong indications of ongoing magma movement” around the volcano prompting them to raise the aviation warning to orange, the second highest and sparking fears the crater could blow at any moment.
The region has also this week been hit by a magnitude-four earthquake - the strongest for almost 20 years.
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Historic volcanic eruptions have had devastating effects on the weather in surrounding areas which have lasted for years.
In 1783 eastern regions of the United States recorded the lowest ever temperature after Iceland’s Laki volcano erupted that year.
As well as huge volumes of ash, the furious mountain also spat out large volumes of sulphur dioxide gas which added to the cooling effect.
In Indonesia, the eruption of Mount Tambora in 1815 led to an unusually cold spring and summer the following year.
The bizarre effect on the weather also ruined corn crops devastating farmers and leading to a food crisis.
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After Krakatau erupted in Indonesia in 1883 the world was hit by colder than average conditions for months although it is reported airborne particulate matter led to brilliant sunsets which were the subject of several late 19th-century paintings.
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Our planet has endured these natural climate disruptions for eons and has bounced back. Even the 1816 global cooling from Krakatoa only lasted a year. This totally disproves the idea of climate alarmists that we are on a climatological "tipping point" because of molecular level changes in CO2 levels. Our planet has feedback mechanisms that make it difficult for even these large scale events to totally change our climate let alone a molecular level change in CO2.
I have reminded the alarmists of that on occasion. I also know of one instance during WWII when a torpedoed tanker caused a beach to be seriously covered with oil. A year later it was pristine clean with no human involvement. Mother nature does mighty things - by design!
already reading the excuses for a continued pause in global warming it seems!
Awesome!
Always wanted to see the Thames frozen over, like it was 300 years ago...
No, it was caused by the 1815 volcano in the East Indies (present-day Indonesia).
Thanks!
Coldest winter ever caused by global warming.
I dunno about starvation, but I do know that notably Thomas Jefferson had crop failures which plunged him into debt. If you look at newspapers from that period, they were (obviously) really confused. The scientific speculation was quite interesting. Sunspots were one of the supposed causes.
Would the Muslims leave? If so theres a silver lining in the story.
Seismic activity
http://baering.github.io/
Barðarbunga Volcano Livestream
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xoISDUAPNgc
A couple of my great-great-great-grandparents (husband and wife) died in 1817 in an area of Europe that was hard hit by famine. I don't have specific information about them but they may have been among the starvation victims. Now I know whom to blame.
But volcanos are also supposed to cause global warming.
This time around they have Dominoes Pizza to fall back on.
Iceland is too cold for volcanoes.. ask CNN : Rick Sanchez
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=laptaCg0BHA
Iceland is too cold for volcanoes.. ask CNN : Rick Sanchez
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