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Old 8 December 2022, 02:36 PM   #1
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Current Volcanic Activity

Do we have any vulcanologists or geologists, professional or otherwise, on board?

I thought today that it seems we have a lot of volcanoes erupting all around the world, so I decided to look it up.

I was aware of maybe four, but I counted 27 currently erupting on this chart.

I'm not one to obsess about things apocalyptic or anything, but is this usual?

https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/eru...volcanoes.html
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Old 8 December 2022, 03:18 PM   #2
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I have zero knowledge about this topic, but thanks for pointing this out. That’s eerie.
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Am not an expert, though yes it seems the volcanic activity is up. You do know we're just between Ice Ages on planet Earth, so enjoy the 'global warming' while it lasts.
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Old 9 December 2022, 05:03 AM   #5
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Am not an expert, though yes it seems the volcanic activity is up. You do know we're just between Ice Ages on planet Earth, so enjoy the 'global warming' while it lasts.
Amen!
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Old 9 December 2022, 07:20 AM   #6
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Am not an expert, though yes it seems the volcanic activity is up. You do know we're just between Ice Ages on planet Earth, so enjoy the 'global warming' while it lasts.
The majority of global warming is from one of the hottest celestial bodies in the universe: my muse.
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You do know we're just between Ice Ages on planet Earth, so enjoy the 'global warming' while it lasts.

Hard to believe you're not an expert. Hope you don't have kids.
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Hard to believe you're not an expert. Hope you don't have kids.
When the ice caps melt and flood Manhattan, can my Rolex crown be unscrewed under the water ?
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Old 9 December 2022, 02:32 PM   #9
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Hard to believe you're not an expert. Hope you don't have kids.
LOL, and your wish is granted.

Long live Jambi (oh, wait)

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Old 8 December 2022, 11:24 PM   #10
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Might be due to easier access to info. Some years ago shark attacks were all the range and the scare ironically surfaced when shark attacks were at an all time low.
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Stromboli, for one, is perpetually active.
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Stromboli, for one, is perpetually active.
Do you think this imminent apocalypse will affect pricing and availability of the BatGirl or the Cookie Monster?
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Old 8 December 2022, 11:43 PM   #13
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Do you think this imminent apocalypse will affect pricing and availability of the BatGirl or the Cookie Monster?
Depends on a few variables.
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I suspect that the world will one day shake us humans off like a dog shakes off fleas.
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Stromboli, for one, is perpetually active.
I've hiked up the dormant sister island of Volcano also within the Aeolian Island chain when I was younger, Stromboli is off limits and some quite honestly very steep. Of course it's nearest neighbor is always going off (Mt. Etna).

Pretty awesome video footage from the Big Island of Hawaii I must say.
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I've hiked up the dormant sister island of Volcano also within the Aeolian Island chain when I was younger, Stromboli is off limits and some quite honestly very steep. Of course it's nearest neighbor is always going off (Mt. Etna).

Pretty awesome video footage from the Big Island of Hawaii I must say.
Stromboli is quite a popular tourist destination, there are daily boat trips from Sicily and the mainland: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPNu...index=17&t=18s

I was just watching the 1950 Ingrid Bergman movie of the same name last week, which was filmed on the island. There's a good quality copy available on YouTube.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWYj9B6HR-o
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If we do go out by angry volcanoes I'd like to be preserved like the people of Pompeď
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I fell into a burning Ring Of Fire.


Sixty percent of all active volcanoes occur at the boundaries between tectonic plates. Most volcanoes are found along a belt, called the “Ring of Fire” that encircles the Pacific Ocean.
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I love Hawaii but so glad I don't live on the big island!
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Current Volcanic Activity



Nature is a wonderful awesome force! So were the B52's!
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My dad used to say back in the 70’s, if things keep up and it gets bothered enough, the earth will simply shake people off of it. More and more, seems like he may have been right.
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Volcanoes put out massive amounts of greenhouse gases.
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Volcanoes put out massive amounts of greenhouse gases.
Yup, if it wasn't for them there wouldn't have been life on this rock as they created the athmosphere and helped keep the heat under it.
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Volcanoes put out massive amounts of greenhouse gases.
(humor) Shhhhh, after 'leaders' take many private planes to meeting after meeting, they still can't find a way to Carbon Tax volcanos.

ADDED: "A new chapter spanning one million extra years of history has finally been opened and for the first time we can look directly at the DNA of a past ecosystem that far back in time," study lead author Eske Willerslev, an evolutionary ecologist at the University of Cambridge in the U.K., said in the statement.

https://www.livescience.com/worlds-o...land-ecosystem
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Has anyone here ever ridden Escape from Pompeii at Busch Gardens in Virginia? I used to love that thing. The warmth of the volcano themed pyrotechnics followed by that oh-so-satisfying splashdown.
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Has anyone here ever ridden Escape from Pompeii at Busch Gardens in Virginia? I used to love that thing. The warmth of the volcano themed pyrotechnics followed by that oh-so-satisfying splashdown.
No. I’ve been to Pompeii before though, it wasn’t worth seeing it IMHO.

Mind you, when we go to Italy it’s ALL about the food
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