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Volcanologists warn world is unprepared for next major eruption
Nature ^ | 6 mar, 2018 | Alexandra Witze

Posted on 03/07/2018 8:56:44 PM PST by MtnClimber

The world needs to do more to prepare for the next huge volcanic eruption, a team of leading scientists says.

The devastating Indian Ocean tsunami of 2004 and the Tōhoku earthquake in Japan in 2011 highlighted some of the worst-case scenarios for natural disasters. But humanity has not had to deal with a cataclysmic volcanic disaster since at least 1815, when the eruption of Tambora in Indonesia killed tens of thousands of people and led to a ‘year without a summer’ in Europe and North America. Such world-altering blasts rank at 7 or more on the Volcanic Explosivity Index (VEI) scale of eruptions, which goes to 8.

“The next VEI-7 eruption could occur within our lifetimes, or it could be hundreds of years down the road,” says Chris Newhall, a volcanologist with the Mirisbiris Garden and Nature Center in Santo Domingo, Philippines. But the time to have this discussion is now, he says, so that researchers and government officials can plan and prepare before an emergency strikes.

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TOPICS: Agriculture; Science; Society
KEYWORDS: volcano
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1 posted on 03/07/2018 8:56:45 PM PST by MtnClimber
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To: MtnClimber

I am worried most by Yellowstone.


2 posted on 03/07/2018 8:57:19 PM PST by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: MtnClimber

Ring of fire right now seems to be cooking pretty intensely.


3 posted on 03/07/2018 8:57:38 PM PST by Beowulf9
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To: Beowulf9

I have climbed many volcanos along the ring of fire.


4 posted on 03/07/2018 8:58:52 PM PST by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: MtnClimber

Yup. That looks to be the next big ‘un.


5 posted on 03/07/2018 8:59:04 PM PST by sparklite2 (See more at Sparklite Times)
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To: MtnClimber

So we’re supposed to do what, exactly?


6 posted on 03/07/2018 9:00:30 PM PST by beethovenfan (I always try to maximize my carbon footprint.)
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To: beethovenfan
Worry.

Oh noes.....

7 posted on 03/07/2018 9:02:22 PM PST by Lakeshark (Trump. He stands for the great issues of the day. Stay the course!)
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To: beethovenfan

I would think farming could be heavily impacted so long-lasting food storage would be important.


8 posted on 03/07/2018 9:03:24 PM PST by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: beethovenfan

Increase govt grants of course, silly.


9 posted on 03/07/2018 9:05:05 PM PST by Seruzawa (TANSTAAFL!)
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To: MtnClimber

Chicken little has an eternal website. How did they find it?


10 posted on 03/07/2018 9:05:10 PM PST by Fungi
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To: beethovenfan

Let me say now I don’t know
I don’t know
I don’t know where You suposta go
When the volcano blow


11 posted on 03/07/2018 9:06:46 PM PST by DanielRedfoot (Po Dunk)
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To: MtnClimber
The chances of Yellowstone exploding during the lifetime of anyone here, are greater than zero but vanishingly small. Better to spend your energy on things that matter, like the next election.
12 posted on 03/07/2018 9:07:14 PM PST by hinckley buzzard
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To: beethovenfan
So we’re supposed to do what, exactly?

Drink water, take Motrin, change your socks and get back in the fight.

13 posted on 03/07/2018 9:08:20 PM PST by occamrzr06
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To: occamrzr06

Put on clean underwear.


14 posted on 03/07/2018 9:09:54 PM PST by Lurkina.n.Learnin (Wisdom and education are different things. Don't confuse them.)
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To: Beowulf9

Been real quiet in SoCal.

Real quiet.


15 posted on 03/07/2018 9:10:18 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: MtnClimber

Is the world ever prepared for the next major eruption?


16 posted on 03/07/2018 9:10:33 PM PST by Slyfox (Not my circus, not my monkeys)
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To: Lurkina.n.Learnin

They never told us that in the Army, socks was about it.


17 posted on 03/07/2018 9:10:41 PM PST by occamrzr06
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To: occamrzr06

Mom always insisted.


18 posted on 03/07/2018 9:12:18 PM PST by Lurkina.n.Learnin (Wisdom and education are different things. Don't confuse them.)
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To: MtnClimber

I’m somewhat of a prepper, but the best I can do is not live in a volcano’s path.


19 posted on 03/07/2018 9:15:31 PM PST by umgud
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All the prepping won’t help you if Yellowstone blows and you live in Jackson Hole!


20 posted on 03/07/2018 9:21:05 PM PST by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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