SuperVolcanoes: A Very Real Threat
I have a new article at Survive 2012 simply titled Supervolcanoes. If the 2012 event happens to be a supervolcano, or a supervolcanic eruption is triggered in 2012 by something else, then you need to be aware of just how catastrophic it can be…
Scientists have been discussing the possibility of the last supervolcanic eruption nearly wiping out the entire human species. According to New Scientist:
Toba is a supervolcano on the Indonesian island of Sumatra. It has blown its top many times but this eruption, 74,000 years ago, was exceptional. Releasing 2500 cubic kilometres of magma – nearly twice the volume of mount Everest – the eruption was more than 5000 times as large as the 1980 eruption of mount St Helens in the US, making it the largest eruption on Earth in the last 2 million years
Double the volume of Everest is a powerful and memorable statistic!
In theory (which is debated in the article), the aerosols “belched out” by Toba were such that our planet would have suffered a volcanic winter for 10 years or so. The devastation to flora and fauna would have made it difficult for humans to feed themselves, and the entire planet would have become a warzone with every species fighting over meals.
Modern humans, who were still thought to be living in Africa, would have been whittled down to just a few thousand breeding pairs scattered in dispersed refugia – creating a so-called “genetic bottleneck” in evolution. As the separate colonies developed independently of one another, they would have sown the seeds for the genetic differences between races once these separate groups eventually left Africa.
This is sobering:
The Geological Society of London’s working group went one step further in 2005 when they described the impact of a generic super-eruption. “An area the size of North America or Europe could be devastated, and pronounced deterioration of global climate would be expected for a few years following the eruption. Such events could result in the ruin of world agriculture, severe disruption of food supplies, and mass starvation. The effects could be sufficiently severe to threaten the fabric of civilisation,” they conclude.
A food shortage, regardless of cause, would have a domino effect. Western greed would most likely cause mass-starvation in poorer countries. Civil wars would be inevitable. Economies would collapse. Martial law would be commonplace, creating further problems. And a supervolcano could make this a reality tomorrow (or 50,000 years from now, nobody knows when).
Toba was indeed Super!
And came very close to wiping Humans off the planet +- 74,000 years ago!
To give all of us a simple example … look at what the small Volcano in Iceland is doing to Europe right now … read what Tambora did in the 1800′s, or any of the other Volcanic blasts … check out what happened in 535AD … that was a super blast from Krakatora (Excuse my spelling ).
What could be released by the Volcano’s on Earth, should say … Nibiru were to pass through our system, is anyones guess
Experts of the British Institute of studying of natural accidents have warned about the possible fast beginning of eruption of one more volcano in Iceland.
According to results of research, recently in volcano Katla magma level that speaks about the possible fast beginning of its eruption has considerably risen.
According to experts, eruption Katla will be preceded by earthquake, however exact terms of its beginning to foresee while it is impossible. Under preliminary forecasts, prior to the beginning of eruption can pass from several weeks about several months.
Thus volcanists have urged to concern eruption Katla, with all gravity. In their opinion, the volcano, which capacity much more exceeds Eyjafjallajökull, can become the reason not only faults in the aircraft service, but also thawing of glaciers and scale flooding.
Lets not forget Yellowstone caldera either … the first of 3 eruptions was far greater than Toba and a larger crater/caldera was formed.
If someting massive like say, Nibiru/Planet-X were to show up in our solar system, then the volcano’s facing it could all blow.
My INbox mail is down…..cannot get any mail? Probably missing any new reports…trying to figure out what is wrong? Never had this happen before. If I don’t comment you will know why!
(I can get out, but not receive.)