I read an article last night, which send shivers down my spine. The article < Super Volcano will challenge civilization, geoglogist warn> is a must read article. Dooms day is coming! that is a feeling that almost all of us will have instilled inside us. Yet, what makes us believe this? What will dooms day be like for us, humans.
http://www.livescience.com/environment/050308_super_volcano.html
In this article, doomsday will be a situation of a SUPER VOLCANIC ERUPTION. It is predicted that this eruption is predicted to be from the a supervolcano in theYELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK!
"Yellowstone National Park spans an area of 3,472 square miles (8,987 km²), comprising lakes, canyons, rivers and mountain ranges. Yellowstone Lake is the largest high-altitude lake in North America and is centered over the Yellowstone Caldera, the largest supervolcano on the continent. The caldera is considered an active volcano; it has erupted with tremendous force several times in the last two million years. Half the world's geothermal features are in Yellowstone, fueled by this ongoing volcanism. Lava flows and rocks from volcanic eruptions cover most of the land area of Yellowstone." -WIKIPEDIA
We are like in an era where this SUPER ERUPTION is 20,000 years due, for it occur every 600,000 years and we are living on the 620,0000th year since the last eruption.
The last eruption which blew off the top of Krakatau is one famous eruption which many of you could have heard about it before, we heard about how the eruption could be heard around the world, the effects of the eruption. In the caldera, lies Lake Toba, which is a popular tourist attraction today.
Yet, what we didnt know was, according to this article, it almost extinct us, humans. Now, the predicted Super Volcanic eruption will be times more devastating than the one of Krakatau. Even if the Yellowstone National park super volcano were not to explode, there are too many possibilities for a SUPER VOLCANO eruption in other volcanoes around the world. Does it send you the chills and shivers down your spine?
What I find it amusing about this is, that the Yellowstone National park is a manifestation of a hotspot below the crust of the earth, in geographical terms, it a result of a mantle plume that cuts through the continental plate of north america. The famous ones know are the Hawaiian island, BUT that is a mantle plume cutting through the Pacific plate(oceanic).
Who would ever have though a hotspot volcano could ever be so devastating as to that?
I was afraid of hearing all these, but Darwina told me, "we should be proud that we are geography students, imagine the people around who arent aware of all these."
Indeed its a blessing to know about our earth, and here I am writing this post to bring awareness to those people living under the rock.
Its inevitable, but at least we should be aware of what is happening around the world, afterall,
THE EARTH IS OUR HOME!!
http://www.livescience.com/environment/050308_super_volcano.html
In this article, doomsday will be a situation of a SUPER VOLCANIC ERUPTION. It is predicted that this eruption is predicted to be from the a supervolcano in theYELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK!
"Yellowstone National Park spans an area of 3,472 square miles (8,987 km²), comprising lakes, canyons, rivers and mountain ranges. Yellowstone Lake is the largest high-altitude lake in North America and is centered over the Yellowstone Caldera, the largest supervolcano on the continent. The caldera is considered an active volcano; it has erupted with tremendous force several times in the last two million years. Half the world's geothermal features are in Yellowstone, fueled by this ongoing volcanism. Lava flows and rocks from volcanic eruptions cover most of the land area of Yellowstone." -WIKIPEDIA
We are like in an era where this SUPER ERUPTION is 20,000 years due, for it occur every 600,000 years and we are living on the 620,0000th year since the last eruption.
The last eruption which blew off the top of Krakatau is one famous eruption which many of you could have heard about it before, we heard about how the eruption could be heard around the world, the effects of the eruption. In the caldera, lies Lake Toba, which is a popular tourist attraction today.
Yet, what we didnt know was, according to this article, it almost extinct us, humans. Now, the predicted Super Volcanic eruption will be times more devastating than the one of Krakatau. Even if the Yellowstone National park super volcano were not to explode, there are too many possibilities for a SUPER VOLCANO eruption in other volcanoes around the world. Does it send you the chills and shivers down your spine?
What I find it amusing about this is, that the Yellowstone National park is a manifestation of a hotspot below the crust of the earth, in geographical terms, it a result of a mantle plume that cuts through the continental plate of north america. The famous ones know are the Hawaiian island, BUT that is a mantle plume cutting through the Pacific plate(oceanic).
Who would ever have though a hotspot volcano could ever be so devastating as to that?
I was afraid of hearing all these, but Darwina told me, "we should be proud that we are geography students, imagine the people around who arent aware of all these."
Indeed its a blessing to know about our earth, and here I am writing this post to bring awareness to those people living under the rock.
Its inevitable, but at least we should be aware of what is happening around the world, afterall,
THE EARTH IS OUR HOME!!
