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Number of volcanoes erupting right now greater than 20th century YEARLY average
IceAgeNow ^ | 4AUG2015 | Robert Felix

Posted on 08/16/2015 12:16:41 PM PDT by Jack Hydrazine

“Is the number of volcanic eruptions worldwide increasing?

“Yes,” answers Michael Snyder in this startling article.“

During the 20th century, there were a total of 3,542 volcanic eruptions globally. That works out to approximately 35 eruptions per year. That may sound like a lot, but according to Volcano Discovery there are 36 volcanoes erupting around the world right now. In other words, the number of volcanoes erupting as you read this article is greater than the 20th century’s yearly average.“

And all of this is part of a larger trend. In 2013, we witnessed the most volcanic eruptions worldwide that we had ever seen in a single year, and 2015 is already threatening to be another one for the record books. All over the planet, volcanoes that have long been dormant are beginning to wake up, and this is greatly puzzling many scientists.”

Snyder goes on to discuss the consequences of a VEI 7 or VEI 8 eruption, wherein he envisages the Earth being flung back into a “pre-civilisation state.”

“The truth is that volcanoes are far, far, far more of a threat to our climate than human activity is,” says Snyder. “All throughout history, volcanic eruptions have instantly changed the climate in a dramatic way.”And that would profoundly affect agriculture.

“Global food production is just barely keeping up with global food demand,” Snyder points out. “In fact, in some years the world actually eats more food than it produces. Global food reserves are at perilously low levels, and so a (volcanic) “year without summer” would be absolutely cataclysmic.”


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: catastrophism; economiccollapse; eruptions; ilenesnyder; magneticfield; magneticreversal; michaelsnyder; oceans; oceanvolcanos; robertfelix; volcano; volcanoes; volcanos; zerohedge
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To: Jack Hydrazine

Volcanos happen. Numbers?? There is no “standard” predictor. Happens when it wants to. Man has zip to do with it.


41 posted on 08/16/2015 12:55:56 PM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: ClearCase_guy

Push button for more drama!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UM7EMzVaNCk


42 posted on 08/16/2015 12:56:44 PM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
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To: Jack Hydrazine
You show the Yellowstone Caldera in that graphic. I betcha that's the one sleeper that no one is really counting on erupting, but I fear is the one MOST LIKELY to erupt! And when it does, the United States is history.

What I fear most is a simultaneous eruption of the Yellow Caldera, the New Madrid, San Andreas and the East Coast Fault. If that happens, gawd, the destruction would be beyond anything we've ever seen, or will ever see.

43 posted on 08/16/2015 12:57:22 PM PDT by ducttape45 (My USA is now dead.)
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To: marron
This can be corrected if we will just implement carbon credit trading.

I agree, countries should pay for their volcanic carbon emissions. If you can't afford to pay the tax then you shouldn't have volcanoes.

44 posted on 08/16/2015 12:58:33 PM PDT by D Rider
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To: Vaquero

Yeppers. Ann Heche is a hasbian now.


45 posted on 08/16/2015 12:58:56 PM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
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To: rktman

save the stamps!


46 posted on 08/16/2015 12:59:04 PM PDT by brivette
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To: marron
This can be corrected if we will just implement carbon credit trading.

I agree, countries should pay for their volcanic carbon emissions. If you can't afford to pay the tax then you shouldn't have volcanoes.

47 posted on 08/16/2015 12:59:19 PM PDT by D Rider
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To: Jack Hydrazine

Since when are volcanoes required to conform to our expectations?


48 posted on 08/16/2015 1:00:48 PM PDT by I want the USA back (Media: completely irresponsible. Complicit in the destruction of this country)
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To: nicepaco

ROFLMAO!!!


49 posted on 08/16/2015 1:01:03 PM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
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To: Huskrrrr
Here are the mountains I have climbed that are volcanoes: Ixtachuhatl (Mexico)

Popocatepetl (Mexico)

Orizaba (Mexico)

Cayambe (Ecuador)

Cotopaxi (Ecuador)

Hood (USA)

Ranier (USA)

Fuji (Japan)

Gede (Indonesia)

50 posted on 08/16/2015 1:01:09 PM PDT by MtnClimber (For views of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: Jack Hydrazine
The truth is that our planet and our sun are changing in ways that are unpredictable and that our scientists don’t completely understand.

But those pesky global warming scientists said they understand everything! What, they don't? Who would of thunk that unpredictable changes occur? Learn somethin' every day!

51 posted on 08/16/2015 1:02:42 PM PDT by roadcat
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To: Jack Hydrazine
Even though this is superior to anecdotal reports of increasing volcanism, even a century is way too shy a comparison sample to judge whether volcanic eruptions are increasing in frequency, let alone intensity.

Without becoming pedantic about immense geologic timescales, a researcher does not have to look very far back into the relatively recent past, 10 to 15 millennia say, to sample evidence of the frequency and intensity of before and after the Younger Dryas, c 12,500 BC, to find a very intense and frequently "dynamic lithosphere."

But that alone does not rule out the notion that volcanism is on the rise, it actually hints volcanism could really be on the up-swing, here and there, and our perception of such a possibility might not simply be an artifact of greater population density and wider light-speed communications and detection capacity. This is true because we know it's happened before. The noise level in our human-surround is very distracting, especially when we train ourselves to hesitate to react.

52 posted on 08/16/2015 1:02:43 PM PDT by Prospero (Omnis caro fenum)
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To: piytar

Considering how fast the strength of the Earth’s magnetic field is dropping I think it’s going to be a bit quicker than that.


53 posted on 08/16/2015 1:03:03 PM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
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To: 75thOVI; Abathar; agrace; aimhigh; Alice in Wonderland; AndrewC; aragorn; aristotleman; ...
Nah. Thanks Jack Hydrazine.

54 posted on 08/16/2015 1:03:52 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (What do we want? REGIME CHANGE! When do we want it? NOW)
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To: Vaquero; null and void

" I'm normal, again. And Ben has first dibs."
55 posted on 08/16/2015 1:04:03 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: BenLurkin
If L.A. is next, can I team up with Anne Heche?

Yes. Yes, you can.

56 posted on 08/16/2015 1:04:42 PM PDT by Prospero (Omnis caro fenum)
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To: Jack Hydrazine

We need to plug them up with used tires and junk cars and Muslims.


57 posted on 08/16/2015 1:05:19 PM PDT by right way right (May we remain sober over mere men, for God really is our one and only true hope.)
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To: Jack Hydrazine
"During the 20th century, there were a total of 3,542 volcanic eruptions globally. That works out to approximately 35 eruptions per year. That may sound like a lot, but according to Volcano Discovery there are 36 volcanoes erupting around the world right now. In other words, the number of volcanoes erupting as you read this article is greater than the 20th century’s yearly average."

They make this sound all dramatic, but is it?

The average year in the 20th century saw 35 eruptions. Right now there are 36. Only one more than the yearly average. So is this a big difference? Depends on how long the average eruption lasts. If the average eruption lasts a year, then you'd expect 35 simultaneous eruptions on average, and we are barely a tick above average. If the average eruption lasts only a week then the average simultaneous eruptions is much lower, and 36 is a big deviation.

58 posted on 08/16/2015 1:07:08 PM PDT by mlo
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To: Jack Hydrazine

Obviously we need to tax the rich more in order to combat this.


59 posted on 08/16/2015 1:08:08 PM PDT by Cementjungle
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To: Jack Hydrazine
Michael Snyder is not a geologist or volcanologist. He has a website and writes books, some of them novels, and gives finance advice, some rather dubious, on the coming global economic collapse.

He talks a lot about Yellowstone but a lot of it is “what if” scenarios.

This article debunks Mr. Snyder’s claims and bad math.

Debunked: Significant Increase in Volcano Eruptions

60 posted on 08/16/2015 1:10:26 PM PDT by MD Expat in PA
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