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Strong eruption at Sheveluch volcano with ash up to 10 km (34 000 feet), pyroclastic flow produced, Russia
Russian Sheveluch volcano erupted at 23:40 UTC on October 1, 2019. The explosion produced ash plume that reached an altitude of 10 km (34 000 feet) above sea level and a pyroclastic flow that spread to the west from the active dome.
Reports said the eruption was likely a combination of lava dome explosion and collapse of fresh material from the active part of the dome in its upper NE sector.
The Aviation Color Code remains Orange, as of 04:45 UTC on October 2.
"According to satellite data, an ash plume up to 6.5 - 7.5 km a.s.l. (21 300 - 24 600 feet) continues to drift to the east from the volcano. Рrobably ash fallout on the Komandorskie Islands (Commander Islands)," the Kamchatkan Volcanic Eruption Response Team (KVERT) said.
Explosive-extrusive eruption of the volcano continues. Ash explosions up to 10 to 15 km (32 800 - 49 200 feet) a.s.l. could occur at any time. Ongoing activity could affect international and low-flying aircraft."
A strong eruption also happened on the volcano on August 29, 2019, with ash up to 10 km (34 000 feet) above sea level.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by Runaway1956 on Monday October 07 2019, @07:23AM (5 children)
That ash will be settling across the Americas, and then Europe, soon enough. THIS IS AN ACT OF WAR!! (do I really need to put a sarcasm tag here?)
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday October 07 2019, @07:33AM (1 child)
We all know this is fake news... right? Trump will have a good talk with his Russian friends and it will be awesome and wonderfull.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday October 07 2019, @07:58AM
Runaway is up for a bonus from his Ruskie masters on being right on top of this one!
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday October 07 2019, @08:23AM
So stupid it's not even funny. Very close to armpit farting type of 'humor', don't give up your day job.
As for the sarcasm tag, you won't need to ask once you will actually understand the meaning of the word.
(Score: 2) by DeathMonkey on Monday October 07 2019, @05:34PM (1 child)
Well you consider liberals winning elections to be an act of war, so yes; yes you do.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday October 07 2019, @09:47PM
Haha, ya I was gonna post something like "Usually no, most would understand, but from Runaway? Best put it in."
(Score: 2) by Bot on Monday October 07 2019, @08:33AM (10 children)
BTW, an estimate on climate endangering emissions of events of such a scale?
Account abandoned.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday October 07 2019, @10:51AM (6 children)
On a scale from 1 to 10, about 0. Any large city produces more emissions than such a volcano.
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Monday October 07 2019, @11:58AM (5 children)
Citation needed. I hope you have better luck than I searching, I'm coming up empty on searches for the quantity of CO2 and other pollutants from Sheveluch. From the video and photos, I'll guesstimate that it would take a decade or more for the very largest of cities to spew the pollution that is coming from Sheveluch in a day.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday October 07 2019, @01:15PM (2 children)
CO2 is not a pollutant ffs.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday October 07 2019, @09:52PM (1 child)
You're an idiot ffs.
Anything can be a pollutant if it causes problems for the local environment. CO2 has reached "pollutant" levels.
For a more applicable example there are historic events where CO2 was released on a massive scale and created a blanket over towns that diluted the oxygen levels to lethal levels. One example I learned from a civil engineer, a US town in a bowl valley had a big smokestack and an inversion event happened that trapped all the fumes in the valley overnight. The doc had to run around to houses with oxygen tanks trying to keep people alive.
Git educated son before you make a fool of yourself again!
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday October 07 2019, @10:22PM
Insults eh? Shows how little you know. I would suggest playing some games learn to lose and learn that your opinions are just that.
(Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Monday October 07 2019, @08:35PM
You can use this,
https://www.forbes.com/sites/startswithabang/2017/06/06/how-much-co2-does-a-single-volcano-emit/ [forbes.com]
http://www.carbonvisuals.com/projects/new-yorks-carbon-emissions-in-real-time [carbonvisuals.com]
I'll just quote that here,
since this eruption is nowhere near even Mt. St. Helens, it's by definition has less crap coming out of it. Only 12 New Yorks dump as much CO2 as all volcanoes on this planet combined. But of course, you can say "no data on Sheveluch!!", but that's just disingenuous criticism.
Oh, and source for forbes data - https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/msa/rimg/article-abstract/75/1/323/140959/Deep-Carbon-Emissions-from-Volcanoes?redirectedFrom=fulltext [geoscienceworld.org]
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday October 07 2019, @09:54PM
The non scientist has weighed in! Turns out as usual he has no clue and no evidence to back up his claims! News at 6:66
(Score: 4, Informative) by RS3 on Monday October 07 2019, @01:49PM (2 children)
Volcanic ash usually causes atmospheric cooling:
https://scied.ucar.edu/shortcontent/how-volcanoes-influence-climate [ucar.edu]
https://eos.org/research-spotlights/volcanic-ash-contributes-to-climate-cooling [eos.org]
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday October 07 2019, @03:46PM
Indeed that is the case. Expect russian winter to show initiative this year too and attack America again.
(Score: 2) by DeathMonkey on Monday October 07 2019, @05:36PM
FAKE NEWS! Solyentils have been telling me for ages that putting stuff in the atmosphere HAS NO EFFECT!