a year ago
That belongs to the missing row of my "what can possibly go wrong?" bingo.
a year ago
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/27/world/europe/naples-volca...
Half a million people in Naples and surroundings would be directly affected, in addition to the impact on local and global weather patterns, and on the economy.
a year ago
As a non geologist, what's the significance of the gases starting to come from near-surface fluids rather than deep magma? Naively, I would be more worried about the magma as that's what comes up in an eruption. But they seem to be worried that the gas source has changed to subsurface fluids?
a year ago
Also non-geologist, but my understanding is that the gassing is a sign of "frothing", active magma. It's the difference between boiling just water in a saucepan, and boiling water and pasta - the latter will result in the saucepan overflowing.
I believe that the switch in out-gassing behaviour suggests that the magma viscosity and gas levels have hit a critical point that means that the field is more likely to erupt.
a year ago
Since 2005. These things take thousands of years...
a year ago
how far in are we in those thousands of years?
a year ago
Who knows but the anomaly was detected in 2005 first.
a year ago
This makes me think I'm gonna start increasing non-perishable reserves for my family.
a year ago
I really don’t think it matters. Once society is derailed in a way that all food supply chains are disrupted, unless you like in a house on a forest mountain, you’re not going to survive. It would be full on carnage.
a year ago