Posted on 03/06/2021 6:50:42 PM PST by amorphous
Iceland eruption could mark the beginning of a volcanic period lasting a few centuries David Hartley
Interesting article in the Iceland Monitor about eruptive phases on Iceland. What caught my eye was the fact it settled round about 1300 which Wiki has as round about the beginnings of the Little Ice Age.
“If an eruption occurs, it would likely mark the beginning of such a [volcanic] period – lasting a few centuries (emphasis added), I believe,” states Magnús Á. Sigurgeirsson, geologist at ÍSOR Iceland GeoSurvey – a consulting and research institute in the field of geothermal sciences and utilization.
Research reveals that during the latter part of Holocene – a term used to describe a period that began about 11,700 years ago – the volcanic systems on the Reykjanes peninsula have erupted every 900 to 1100 years. Less is known about the first part of Holocene.
Each eruption period appears to have lasted about 500 years, and during that time most of the volcanic systems appear to have been active, albeit generally not simultaneously. The volcanic activity is characterized by eruptions that each last a few decades. Lava flows from volcanic fissures that can be as long as 12 km (7.5 mi).
https://icelandmonitor.mbl.is/news/news/2021/03/05/could_volcanic_period_be_ahead/
It has been conventionally defined as a period extending from the 16th to the 19th centuries, but some experts prefer an alternative timespan from about 1300 to about 1850.
The NASA Earth Observatory notes three particularly cold intervals: one beginning about 1650, another about 1770, and the last in 1850, all separated by intervals of slight warming.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Ice_Age
The incidences of slight warming is vaguely analogues with much of what we see today.
The Medieval Warm Period (MWP) also known as the Medieval Climate Optimum, or Medieval Climatic Anomaly was a time of warm climate in the North Atlantic region lasting from c. 950 to c. 1250. It was likely related to warming elsewhere while some other regions were colder, such as the tropical Pacific. Average global mean temperatures have been calculated to be similar to early-mid-20th-century warming. Possible causes of the Medieval Warm Period include increased solar activity, decreased volcanic activity, and changes to ocean circulation.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medieval_Warm_Period/wiki/Medieval_Warm_Period
As we can see this Mediaeval period could perhaps have ended in something like a hiatus in Globull warming for 18 yrs before the World became a little chillier. Across the articles one can also see anomalies of warmer/colder in some spots that others. However as History has proven what the Green Terrorists refuse to accept that one measures climate by trends of Decades, Centuries and Geological Epochs. NOT last weeks weather reports.
This article goes into great depth concerning the dates of previous volcanic periods:
https://icelandmonitor.mbl.is/news/news/2021/03/05/could_volcanic_period_be_ahead/
Ah. Most of them APPEAR to have been active. It doesn't get more conclusive than that. Thanks, science.
I can relate. Battles and firefights look cool on TV, but the fun sure wears off quick when you’re a participant. I’m sure many other folks here will have a similar opinion on that too. I’m glad you escaped the disaster.
The Russians are the ones i’ve been paying attention to the last number of years.
What you’re saying is true. They are guessing but I’d sooner believe this than the global warming cult. I think that in 50 years they’re gonna wish they’d built more nuclear power stations.
The novelty wears off quick.
That’s for sure. I lived in Wasilla, AK during one of Mt. Redoubt’s events. Our house had an unobstructed view to the SE from whence the ash cloud came. At first it as all “Wow, is this COOL” as day turned to night. Then the ash started to fall all over everything and suddenly it was very primeval and it made me realize how small and insignificant we humans really are. There are a lot of people of the liberal persuasion who could learn a lot from such a humbling event.
Skiing chains, maybe. Still, we need all the more room we can get to send the leftards to.
Lol! And a WHOLE lot of other people.
Falling sea levels!!! omG what’s a ship to do? But it will open up more coastal prime real estate!!!
And they had a 5.0 quake last night...
800 quakes since last night, several over four, that one just over five.
The libs will pivot on a dime to raise taxes on global cooling.
Detail on the peninsula...
https://en.vedur.is/earthquakes-and-volcanism/earthquakes/reykjanespeninsula/
A friend from Connecticut was working in Puerto Rico and was excited that a hurricane was forecast. He’d never experienced one up north and he was living on the fourteenth floor of a very well built high rise.
He got some beer and food and settled in to watch the weather channel coverage. About an hour into the storm the power quit. No A/C, no weather channel and warm beer. Another hour and the now hot building was swaying enough to make him feel seasick. Halfway through the storm his sliding patio door blew in.
He moved back to Connecticut.
Thanks for the update Mewzilla. It’s hard to predict when an actual eruption will occur, if indeed it does erupt, but I will keep watching too. This may be a big one.
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