Posted on 04/15/2016 5:48:42 PM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
Waking supervolcano makes North Korea and West join forces
Rare example of collaboration with isolationist regime's researchers helps reveal secrets of one of the world’s largest volcanoes
By Andy Coghlan
If it blows again, it could make Vesuvius look like a tea party.
Now, in a ground-breaking collaboration between the West and North Korea, vulcanologists are gaining new insights into Mount Paektu, on North Korea’s border with China, and whether it might blow its top any time soon.
If it does, the outcome could be catastrophic. Paektu’s last eruption, a thousand years ago, is the second largest ever recorded, topped only by the eruption of Mount Tambora in Indonesia in 1815.
“If it erupted, it would have impacts way beyond Korea and China,” says James Hammond of Birkbeck, University of London, one of the scientists involved.
In 946 AD, the eruption of Mount Paektu, Korea’s highest mountain, blasted 96 cubic kilometres of debris into the sky, 30 times more than the relatively puny 3.3 cubic kilometres that Vesuvius spewed over Pompeii in AD 79.
Yet despite is size and the potential impact of an eruption, little is known about this enigmatic volcano.
(Excerpt) Read more at newscientist.com ...
Yes, and there have been earthquakes in that region, which also could indicate force building up for an eruption.
A nuclear test would not cause a volcano to erupt.
That is the thing of bad Japanese Godzilla movies.
It will cause hundreds of dollars in damages.
Lol. The scale of forced involved with a volcano such as this make a nuke look like a firecracker.
Bump
The early Godzillas with the guy in the rubber suit are the best ones.
“It will cause hundreds of dollars in damages.”
That was FUNNY! Thanks. :o)
In the famous words of Bill Clinton, “Blow, Baby, Blow”.
That will give a lot of ecco-wackos heart attacks and I’m all for that.
It could be very ugly.
http://scied.ucar.edu/shortcontent/mount-tambora-and-year-without-summer
“Mount Tambora and the Year Without a Summer”
The summer of 1816 was not like any summer people could remember. Snow fell in New England. Gloomy, cold rains fell throughout Europe. It was cold and stormy and dark - not at all like typical summer weather. Consequently, 1816 became known in Europe and North America as “The Year Without a Summer.”
Why was the summer of 1816 so different? Why was there so little warmth and sunshine in Europe and North America? The answer could be found on the other side of the planet - at Indonesia’s Mount Tambora.
On April 5, 1815, Mount Tambora, a volcano, started to rumble with activity. Over the following four months the volcano exploded - the largest volcanic explosion in recorded history. Many people close to the volcano lost their lives in the event. Mount Tambora ejected so much ash and aerosols into the atmosphere that the sky darkened and the Sun was blocked from view.
Isn’t there some way we can help it along?
I dunno man.. this whole planet could smell like Kim-Chee if something happens down there.
It’s like your septic tank. A problem in there is a problem everywhere.
I have often wondered if that might not be a good thing. The difference between excising a cancer early and waiting and hoping it will go away.
Waiting for a volcano to erupt allows for the build up of gases to enormous pressures that eventually explodes a rips off the top of the volcano's cone.
If somehow man were to capable of venting off the gases the explosion might be avoided the magma might rise and cool in a more controlled fashion avoiding the damage of sudden uncontrolled venting that is the usual eruption
If this thing blows, global warming will go off the charts. It must be stopped.
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