Posted on 08/16/2015 12:16:41 PM PDT by Jack Hydrazine
“Is the number of volcanic eruptions worldwide increasing?
“Yes,” answers Michael Snyder in this startling article.“
During the 20th century, there were a total of 3,542 volcanic eruptions globally. That works out to approximately 35 eruptions per year. That may sound like a lot, but according to Volcano Discovery there are 36 volcanoes erupting around the world right now. In other words, the number of volcanoes erupting as you read this article is greater than the 20th century’s yearly average.“
And all of this is part of a larger trend. In 2013, we witnessed the most volcanic eruptions worldwide that we had ever seen in a single year, and 2015 is already threatening to be another one for the record books. All over the planet, volcanoes that have long been dormant are beginning to wake up, and this is greatly puzzling many scientists.”
Snyder goes on to discuss the consequences of a VEI 7 or VEI 8 eruption, wherein he envisages the Earth being flung back into a “pre-civilisation state.”
“The truth is that volcanoes are far, far, far more of a threat to our climate than human activity is,” says Snyder. “All throughout history, volcanic eruptions have instantly changed the climate in a dramatic way.”And that would profoundly affect agriculture.
“Global food production is just barely keeping up with global food demand,” Snyder points out. “In fact, in some years the world actually eats more food than it produces. Global food reserves are at perilously low levels, and so a (volcanic) “year without summer” would be absolutely cataclysmic.”
Wow that is some bad logic in that article. By taking the total number of eruptions and dividing by 100 they’re totally missing how some volcanoes erupt for years at a time. And then it turns out we have ONE more volcano going off now than their “average”. They do know that averages are the middle right? Sometimes things will be above the average, sometimes below. 1 above is pretty standard deviation.
Did you forget a sarcasm tag?
Does Obama = massive disruption?
Just look at what is happening in Brazil.
We are maybe one frozen EBT away from massive chaos.
You do know she’s gay, right?
That was my first reaction, however we are only a little more than half way through the year.
Just one big earthquake, volcano or solar flare would take us down quickly.
B0Stevedunhambarrysoetorobathhousebarryhusseinsoebarkah would take us down eventually.
Was.....with Ellen degenerate. Heard she straightened out after that
PBS used to sell a “Stop Plate Tectonics” activist t shirt that seemed to work pretty well. I might buy some from Amazon and pass them out. We all need to do our part.
Of the volcanoes erupting now, I have climbed two, Popocatepetl (Mexico) and Cotopaxi (Ecuador). Both were having steam eruptions when I climbed them.
But given how many eruptions are constant (16) I doubt the numbers will be going up very much.
Yellowstone going off (not if, but when) will likely be an extinction level event...
Yes, you are correct. The scientists have discovered that the number of volcanoes erupting under water is a lot higher than they thought.
Reminds of what the rabbis have taught me about the story of Noah’s ark that I won’t ever forget. They say that the ocean boiled during the Flood. I asked how the sea creatures survived such. The reply that I received was that the water within a certain radius (don’t know the distance) of the ark stayed miraculously cooler and those sea creatures that stayed within that survived.
New study – Underwater volcanoes heat the seas
http://iceagenow.info/2015/06/new-study-underwater-volcanoes-heat-the-seas/
Submarine volcanoes may alter climate
http://iceagenow.info/2015/05/submarine-volcanoes-alter-climate/
Pacific Ocean far warmer than normal – NOT our fault
http://iceagenow.info/2015/04/pacific-ocean-far-warmer-than-normal-not-our-fault/
Bond, who coined the term “the blob” last June in his monthly newsletter as Washington state climatologist, said as air passes over the huge patch of warm water it brings more heat and less snow to coastal areas, which helped cause drought conditions in California, Oregon and Washington.
But I’m more inclined to agree with geologist James Kamis, who thinks the blob has all the characteristics of a megaplume. Megaplumes are massive underwater vents – underwater volcanoes, in other words – that spew vast amounts of heat into the ocean. Kamis thinks the giant cell of warm water, heated by submarine volcanoes, is altering normal California climate patterns and inducing a long term drought.
Underwater volcano erupts off Northwest coast
http://iceagenow.info/2015/05/underwater-volcano-erupts-off-northwest-coast/
The world’s current volcanic eruptions (erupting volcanoes are in red):
http://earthquakes.volcanodiscovery.com/
The world’s current earthquakes.
Ooops, forgot to note: The when could be tens or even hundreds of thousands of yeard from now. Not likely to happen tomorrow...
“Of the volcanoes erupting now, I have climbed two, Popocatepetl (Mexico) and Cotopaxi (Ecuador). Both were having steam eruptions when I climbed them”
Very impressive! I need to get started on my Bucket List.
Then I’m wid Ben!
I have been climbing all over the world, thus my screen name.
That’s been happening with the west Antarctic ice shelf. The AGWers claimed that the ice there was melting due to man. Now they have found out it is underwater volcanoes that are doing it. In spite of this Antarctica continues to pile up the ice higher and higher on the rest of the continent.
Hidden Volcanoes Melt Antarctic Glaciers from Below
http://www.livescience.com/46194-volcanoes-melt-antarctic-glaciers.html
Underwater volcanoes, not climate change, reason behind melting of West Antarctic Ice Sheet
http://www.techtimes.com/articles/8278/20140610/underwater-volcanoes-climate-change-reason-melting-west-antarctic-ice.htm
But while the undersea volcanoes are heating up our ocean the ones above it are cooling down Earth’s atmosphere.
Thanks, volcanoes! Earth cooler than expected due to recent eruptions
http://news.sciencemag.org/climate/2014/11/thanks-volcanoes-earth-cooler-expected-due-recent-eruptions
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