Posted on 06/06/2012 7:25:44 PM PDT by presidio9
Are you worried about the end of life as we know it? Then don't just look to the sky for that catastrophic asteroid that could be heading our way. The end may come from right beneath your feet.
Super-volcanoes have probably caused more extinctions than asteroids. But until now it has been thought that these giant volcanoes took thousands of years to form -- and would remain trapped beneath the earth's crust for thousands more years -- before having much effect on the planet.
But new research indicates these catastrophic eruptions, possibly thousands of times more powerful than the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens, may happen only a few hundred years after the volcanoes form. In other words, they may have a very "short fuse," according to researchers at Vanderbilt University.
Such an event could make thermonuclear war or global warming seem trivial, spewing untold tons of ash into the atmosphere to block sunlight. The result would be many years of frigid temperatures, wiping out millions of species. A super-volcano that erupted 250 million years ago is now believed to have created the greatest mass extinction the world has ever seen, wiping out up to 95 percent of all plant and animal species. Some renegade scientists believe it was a volcano, not an asteroid, that killed off the dinosaurs 65 million years ago.
But is global suicide lurking right below our feet? Is a super-volcano about to blow its top? Not as far as scientists can tell. Such a volcano results from the accumulation of a giant pool of lava just a few miles below the ground, and there is no known formation anywhere on the planet that is expected to erupt in the immediate future.
Scientists, who could be wrong about that,
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The Toba supereruption 70,000 years ago led to a 6-10 year volcanic winter that almost wiped out the human population worldwide, down to 10,000 souls or 1,000 breeding pairs. This bottleneck in the population still shows up in the genes of everyone on earth and was a puzzle until gene researchers compared notes with geologists.
oh Jeez!...if that makes the MSM u are a dead man walking!...if the black suits visit you...tell them u were drunk and the dog must have wrote it!...Pay the dogs fine and promise to tape his mouth!
This Is the Way the World Ends? Volcanoes Could Darken World
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and this is why we must outlaw fracking right now/sarc
Anything real makes global warming look trivial, which is why liberals shouldn’t be scaring us with tales of super volcanos. They can’t be blamed on man, unless some nut ties them to fracking.
Correct, except it was far more than 6-10 years.
At it’s peak, temps worldwide dropped 10 degrees Celsius.
The O14-O16 ratios trapped in ocean sediments didn’t return to what was normal for almost a thousand years!
Well, that means I come from good (and very, very busy) stock. You would think they spent all their time farming, feuding and.... stuff.
/johnny
And some places in far east Russia.<<
Jeez!..U think God doesn't know about thermodynamics and the need for Vents??...He wrote the plumbing code for this joint!
That, He did. ;)
/johnny
A supervolcano would throw more carbon dioxide into the atmosphere than a billion automobiles.
Ha, piece of cake, look for articles comparing drilling fracking wells into our full-of-lava planet to shooting your gas furnace with a handgun (unlicensed of course).
Unreal:
The second most amazing thing about that huge splash was that it was ridden by multiple survivors.
Blame it on Bush. Why not? The leftists have blamed him for everything from Pompei to the extinction of the dinosaur.
Volcanoes - Nature’s superfarts.
Remember the guidelines for what to do if the news reports a super volcano is expected to explode shortly in your general area:
- Secure valuable on your person (keys, cell phone, wallet, change, etc.) in (preferably) hard case container and keep near you.
- Loosen your collar
- Switch to loose fitting slippers or shoes that can be removed quickly
- Remove your belt and loosen the top fastener on your pants
- Sit in a comfortable chair, bending your head way over and as far down between your thighs as possible (you may need to grasp your ankles to do this)
- Kiss your ass goodbye
Personally I now believe a giant meteor of burning oil will hit a huge CO2-filled super volcano and that will be it.
/sarc
Unless Christ returns before I die, eventually I will die.
We know you're being funny - but liberals might see this and glom onto their next scam. Don't wanna give 'em any ideas now do we?
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