Supervolcanos - Progressive Rock Music Forum

I thought this was about super avocados...

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I think there's still a difference in the sort of super volcano. There are about 40 recorded super volcanoes in the world, if I'm not mistaken. If some erupt, it would mean a change in the climate, but not the end of the world. If I'm right, it's only about 5 super volcanoes, like the Yellowstone caldera, that have once erupted with factor 8 on the Volcanic Explosivity Index: they could erupt so heavily that there would be so much ashes in the atmosphere that the sunlight couldn't reach the earth anymore, which means the end for human life. But I get the impression that the heavier the volcano, the bigger the intervals in which it is likely to erupt. "2012" is a nice movie about the Yellowstone eruption, but the chances of us being witness of the eruption of a super volcano in our lifetime here on earth is statistically very low.

Still, I was on holidays in Germany, just over the Belgian - German border. There's the "Vulkaneifel" area, with 350 volcanoes. Most of them dead, but some onmy asleep and there is still volcanic activity, like two cold water geysirs which work because of CO2 that comes directly from subterranean magma and we visited many old volcanoes, and crater lakes. There's the Maria Laach volcano which has once erupted with factor 7 on the Volcanic Explosivity Index. It had once catapulted little stones as far as the south of Sweden and the north of Italy! If it would erupt again, the whole of Belgium and the south of the Netherlands could be covered with a thick layer of ashes. I must say, I was impressed!

I've been to the top of Haleakela in Hawaii. Dormant and impressive.

Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...

I took an Earth Science class is college, and these volcanoes are the reason why earth is they way it is. The earth is 4.5 billion years old, and we talked about how earth was slowly changing, through millions of years. This is a very interesting thread.

aginor wrote:

Tapfret wrote:

Tis is not a matter of belief or non-belief, they exist and will erupt again. Period. Maybe not for millions of years.

some humans have it hard to believe such monstrosities exist becouse it is way above our wildest thoughts and frame of reality.

some humans don't believe it til it hits them in the forhead.

Some people need to experience terrible things themselves to believe in them.

The concept of a 'supervolcano' erupting and destroying half the country is too big for most people to comprehend. Like economic collapse.

Even if there was overwhelming evidence that it was imminent, many would still not believe it until it's too late. I think psychologists call this the 'normalcy bias'

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Tis is not a matter of belief or non-belief, they exist and will erupt again. Period. Maybe not for millions of years.

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CPicard wrote:

I'm disappointed: I thought it was a poll on our favorites volcanos...

So did I. Grimsvötn for the moment.

Do I believe in them? I live ontop of one, that is easily as big (in terms of past eruption size) as Yellowstone. There are volcanic ignimbrite deposits 200 metres deep underneath my town...

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What's not to believe?
As you point out in your own OP man there's one under Yellowstone. If it ever was to erupt the crap is expected to cover like most of North America and would of course cause global catastrophe.

I kinda hope that is what takes us out in 2012...old school style ya know?

it is a huge volcanic eruption on Iceland now

Poll Question: do you believe such monstrousities exists
Poll Choice	Votes	Poll Statistics
Yes	12	[85.71%]
No	1	[7.14%]
maybe	1	[7.14%]
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