Posted on 05/16/2010 1:54:13 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
May 16, 2010
Scientists forecast decades of ash clouds
Many more of Icelands volcanoes seem to be stirring
Iceland could be at the start of a surge in volcanic activity that may produce more eruptions Jonathan Leake and Chris Hastings
THE Icelandic eruption that has caused misery for air travellers could be part of a surge in volcanic activity that will affect the whole of Europe for decades, scientists have warned.
They have reconstructed a timeline of 205 eruptions in Iceland, spanning the past 1,100 years, and found that they occur in regular cycles with the relatively quiet phase that dominated the past five decades now coming to an end.
At least three other big Icelandic volcanoes are building towards an eruption, according to Thor Thordarson, a volcanologist at Edinburgh University.
The frequency of Icelandic eruptions seems to rise and fall in a cycle lasting around 140 years, he said. In the latter part of the 20th century we were in a low period, but now there is evidence that we could be approaching a peak.
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Hmmm...Europe may not be able to feed itself, at least not with its present population level.
Perhaps there will be an exodus back to the Middle East and Africa - one can only hope!
In otherwords, they found another sucker to sell the "hockey stick" software too.
Ash cloud=global cooling=possible end to having to listen to the GW morons.
See, every cloud has a silver lining.
Especially the ash clouds.
Solar power mandates will solve this. %8000 tax on income for everyone who does not wish to help our planet. Plus jail time. What is wrong with you people who hate the earth?
Funny how “decades of ash clouds” will have NO effect at on global warming.
The very least it should help keep the poor polar bears cool!
Could this mean 140 years without RATS??
Anthropogenic Volcano’s ,Bush’s Fault.
Scientists forecast decades of ash clouds .. Many more of Icelands volcanoes seem to be stirring ...
Well then. The *logical* solution is to nuke that little nothing nation into smithereens until nothing is left above sea level.
That'll teach them for polluting the air with their ash.
PING
WALK CLOSE TO GOD.
PRAY.
BUCKLE SEAT BELTS.
STOCK UP ON FOOD.
STOCK UP ON FACE MASKS.
MARANATHA.
Hey algore, how’s that global warming looking now?
The Profit Al Gore must not be too worried about rising sea levels anymore. He just dropped $9 million on a house on the coast in California.....
I was just about to say, I wonder how Al Gore is going to blame this on my SUV?
Iceland exists along the rift between two tectonic plates that are continuously being pulled apart. As the scab covering the parting line thins, the pressure allows venting through the opening.
The so called cyclic events are actually the scab formation or magma clotting along the line of the opening. The whole line is moving and the parting line will be penetrated whenever it thins below the thickness required to hold the pressure.
We lack the ability to measure the scab thickness and thus make some estimate of the probability of a breakthrough somewhere else along the line. We can only watch.
Every time I hear the word “scientist” my filter comes up and sifts what they say. Too many of today’s “scientists” are politicians in disguise.
Wonder if the maintenance schedules for engines flying in affected airspace will need to be moved up...?
Might be a good time to form a steamship company.
Is Katla beginning to act up?
http://www.iceagenow.com/Is_Katla_beginning_to_act_up.htm
Yes, an earthquake at Katla
http://www.iceagenow.com/Yes_an_earthquake_at_Katla.htm
Iceland volcano - A Major Global Disaster
in the Making
http://www.iceagenow.com/Iceland_Volcano-Major_Global_Disaster_in_the_Making.htm
Iceland president tells Europe to get ready for Katla
(Short Video) - The eruption of the Eyjafjallajoekull volcano, and the travel chaos it has caused, is only a small rehearsal, according to Icelands President Olafur Grimsson.
The larger Katla volcano, right next to it, usually erupts every century, and the last eruption was in 1918. The time for Katla to erupt is coming close.
I dont say if, but I say when Katla will erupt, Grimsson says. We have been waiting for that eruption for several years.
It can create, for a long period, extraordinary damage to modern advanced society.
See short video (1.24 minutes):
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/newsnight/8631343.stm
Live video E-15 ‘Cano Cam
http://eldgos.mila.is/eyjafjallajokull-fra-thorolfsfelli/
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