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The Supervolcano That Caused One Of The Biggest Eruptions In History Has Started To Stir
Science Alert ^ | 12-22-2016 | BEC Crew

Posted on 12/22/2016 11:17:19 AM PST by blam

BEC CREW
22 DEC 2016

It's dangerously close to hitting a critical pressure point.

A 12-km wide cauldron that forms a vast supervolcano on the coast of Italy is showing signs of reawakening after almost 500 years of inactivity.

Not only is this site rumoured to be responsible for the extinction of the Neanderthals, it’s got 500,000 people living around it right now, and researchers say it appears to be approaching a critical pressure point that could lead to an eruption.

You might imagine a supervolcano as like a regular volcano, only supersized, rising up out of the ground and puffing whirls of menacing smoke from its gaping maw.

But in reality, supervolcanos are extensive fields of volcanic activity, formed when a volcano ejects so much magma from its centre, it collapses in on itself, leaving behind a vast crater, and a landscape littered with geysers, hydrothermal activity, and sulphuric acid.

Think Yellowstone, where lava eruptions and swelling steam vents make up a constantly bubbling, otherworldly landscape.

Campi Flegrei - or "burning fields" in Italian - is another extensive volcanic area, located to the west of Naples, Italy.

Boasting 24 craters and large volcanic edifices, mostly hidden under the Mediterranean Sea, this ancient 'caldera' - or cauldron-like depression - formed 39,000 years ago, as part of the biggest eruption Europe has seen in the past 200,000 years.

Since its formation, Campi Flegrei has only had two major eruptions - 35,000 years ago and 12,000 years ago - and a smaller eruption that occurred in 1538.

But when we say "smaller", it’s all relative, because the 1538 eruption lasted for eight days straight, and spewed so much material into the surrounding area, it formed a new mountain, Monte Nuovo.

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KEYWORDS: aurignacian; campania; campanianignimbrite; campiflegrei; chatelperronian; eruptions; extinctions; italy; mousterian; neandertal; neandertals; neanderthal; neanderthals; paleolithic; phlegraeanfields; uluzzian; volcano; volcanoes
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To: blam

Here's some context. It appears that the land mass might be moving westward from the hot spot.


41 posted on 12/22/2016 12:30:03 PM PST by bert (K.E.; N.P.; GOPc;WASP .... Macroagression melts snowflakes)
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To: bert; cogitator; SunkenCiv

So, where did the “new islands” go - comparing the 1942 map and today’s satellite image of the same area?


42 posted on 12/22/2016 12:57:01 PM PST by Robert A Cook PE (I can only donate monthly, but socialists' ABBCNNBCBS continue to lie every day!)
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To: RayChuang88

Let’s warm up the planet faster then.


43 posted on 12/22/2016 1:03:23 PM PST by Truthsearcher
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To: RayChuang88

That would solve the problem of Bergoglio.


44 posted on 12/22/2016 1:14:15 PM PST by Arthur McGowan (https://youtu.be/IYUYya6bPGw)
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To: blam
The Blood Miracle of Saint Januarius did not occur this year. Usually a bad omen

Just saying

45 posted on 12/22/2016 1:16:24 PM PST by mware (RETIRED)
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To: editor-surveyor

This thing is really poorly written...couldn’t get past the “rumored” part.


46 posted on 12/22/2016 1:21:41 PM PST by Cuttnhorse
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To: Louis Foxwell

Oh, does it ever!


47 posted on 12/22/2016 1:23:56 PM PST by alancarp (George Orwell was an optimist.)
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To: blam

It’s Mother Nature telling Italy she’ll take care of all the immigrants.


48 posted on 12/22/2016 1:34:19 PM PST by MissEdie (I am South Carolina Strong.)
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To: blam

Caused by ‘global warming’, right?


49 posted on 12/22/2016 1:36:31 PM PST by GOPJ (Anyone remember New York Times CRYBULLIES calling for 'moderation' when Obama was elected '08?)
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To: RayChuang88

Last major eruption, pre-history, produced about 90 cubic miles of ash.


50 posted on 12/22/2016 1:47:48 PM PST by Ozark Tom
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To: dfwgator; editor-surveyor; Jamestown1630

Thanks for the link fix, dwfgator.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dY_3ggKg0Bc


51 posted on 12/22/2016 3:00:23 PM PST by Rebelbase (ABC/NBC/CBS/MSNBC/PBS/CNN/FOX are THE LEGACY MEDIA)
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To: GOPJ
"Caused by ‘global warming’, right?"

Absolutely.

Human produced Global Warming, in fact.

52 posted on 12/22/2016 3:06:51 PM PST by blam
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To: editor-surveyor
Ever been to central France?

That's where the Chaîne des Puys produced a volcanic eruption back around 6000 years ago.

53 posted on 12/22/2016 4:01:18 PM PST by Buttons12
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To: Buttons12

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had to be 4500 years ago more or less. There were no volcanoes 6000 years ago, the Earth was new and “very good,” without sin.
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54 posted on 12/22/2016 5:35:34 PM PST by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: Cuttnhorse

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Rumors from “Sources.”
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55 posted on 12/22/2016 5:46:01 PM PST by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: blam

Save


56 posted on 12/22/2016 8:48:45 PM PST by submarinerswife (Allahu FUBAR.)
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To: BBB333

“The UN will stop this if the US pays it’s back obligations..”

It was proved false that the U.S. was in arrears to the UN. There was a GAO Report on it that detailed the fact that we had actually overpaid the UN some $6 billion.


57 posted on 12/23/2016 6:13:41 AM PST by Captain7seas (UNexit. Make America Great Again!)
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