Can this type of eruption lead to mass extinction?
The last big volcanic eruption of this type occurred in Washington State in c1980 – it put so much dust and smoke into the upper atmosphere that it made the next couple of summers rather dull here in UK. I’m expecting a similar problem, at least for this summer of 2010 anyway. These eruptions are quite a lot more common than most of us think. Since about 4/5ths of the Earths surface is covered with water, many eruptions happen out of sight below sea-level – see video clip below. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U51cY6iod… When you are next told that climate change is being caused by mankind’s puny efforts, think again. A single eruption, such as the one now happening in Iceland, will put more crap into the atmosphere than all our cars and other smokes will do in a single century – and I’m not joking. When did our cars last ground all flights here in UK? Never happened ever before. Mother Nature and he
