I live about 30 minutes away. We’ve had a lot of earthquakes the past few days. This should shut them up :) Some scientists say we’ve entered a period of very frequent volcanic activity for the next 100 years or so in this area.
Ahh yes just what we need. More toxic gases being vented into the atmosphere. I’m sure it will be fine.
Large volcanic eruptions have a cooling effect due to the large amount of aerosols injected into the upper atmosphere.
It mimics/is the inspiration for the geoengineering idea (highly impractical at the scale required) of high altitude aerosols injection to slow global warming.
Are you saying that earth might be defending itself against our aggression? Interesting
What if the earth ignites all the untapped fossil fuel and releases it into the atmosphere?
There’s actually a lot of small mineral dust that are sent in the air, that can filter some sun rays and decrease the heat
These ones cool stuff in the short term (and cause acid rain, ozone depletion, famines and long term warming; and there’ll probably be a new thing this time around where some countries have reduced solar output).
They also ground planes and cancel road trips.
This volcano might even save us from a blue arctic event for a few extra years, so it could be a wash in terms of climate (although definitely not for europe’s ability to feed itself)
This bit made me laugh:
Þórdís [reporter] says people are flocking and letting the warning words of the Civil Defence fall on deaf ears. The police are also working hard to remove cars that are inside the closure area.
Þórdís and Bragi [photographer] are watching the eruption up close. However, they cannot stay there for long because the lava is expected to soon flow over the roads they used to get there.
Are we going to watch news anchors try to say an impossible name again for the next week?
This is so exciting. The last time there was a major volcanic eruption in Europe, it shut down air travel for ages over there. Plus there was a cool and totally improbable scene in Walter Mitty about it.
For ages = for one week in the Central Europe. I had a trip booked for roughly exactly the duration of the eruption back then.
For ages = for one week in the Central Europe. I had a trip booked for roughly exactly the duration of the eruption back then.
It was shut down entirely for a week initially, and then would be shut down again periodically as the ash/debris cloud floated along through air lanes.
Also that totally sucks.
That Walter Mitty scene made me laugh. It was filmed in Seyðisfjörður, which is around 700 km away from Eyjafjallajökull. They had even changed the map shown in the movie, so it was unrecognizable for an Icelander! 😂
This is the third eruption that’s occured on the peninsula in three years and it’s largely died down so I wouldn’t call it “exciting”
It’s pretty though.
We were lucky enough to visit the last one when it erupted. Hopefully nothing major and everyone is safe.
Lava eruptions like this tend to be less dangerous than ash eruptions, which can mess up air traffic and the ashfall is bad for the lungs and crops. So I don’t think there’s much cause for concern.
TIL volcanoes even have two different eruptions. I just always imagined they came with ash as a given. That makes me feel a bit better about this, though I still echo their hope for as little damage as possible.
I think it depends on the particular volcanoes. The volcanoes in Iceland and Hawaii, IIRC, have thinner and less gassy magma, so there’s not as much gas buildup, and the eruptions tend to have more liquid lava. Elsewhere, say Mt. St. Helens, the eruptions tend to have thick lava, with lots of trapped gas inside, that tend to cause giant explosions, pyroclastic flows & big ash clouds.
