EcoAlert: Mount Sinabung Volcano -Engine of Climate Change

 

Thick smoke and ash spew from the summit of Mount Sinabung, as seen from Tanah Karo in Sumatra. Thousands of Indonesians were evacuated from the volcanoes slopes in the north of the island of Sumatra on Sunday after it erupted for the first time in more than 400 years, spewing out lava and sending smoke and dust 1,500 meters (5,000 feet) into the air. The volcano began erupting around midnight after rumbling for several days, prompting some villagers to panic before the mass evacuation got under way.

"This is the first time since 1600 that Sinabung has erupted and we have little knowledge in terms on its eruptive patterns," said Surono,the head of Indonesia's vulcanology center.

Indonesia is on the Pacific Rim of Fire, an arc of volcanoes and geological fault lines triggering frequent earthquakes around the Pacific Basin. The eruption triggered the highest red volcano alert.

We reported yesterday that a  new report from the Proceedings from the National Acadmey of Sciences of the United States of America says that repairing the damage from global warming will prove extremely difficult and non-cost-effective.

Severe treatment would mean injecting "sulphur dioxode particles equivalent to a major volcanic eruption, such as that of Mt Pinatubo, every 18 months to reduce temperatures and delay ice-cap melt and sea-level rises," The Ecologist reports. Other geoengineering options include installing mirrors in space and afforestation. Geoengineering approaches are risky and raise several questions about what effects they will have on the planet, leading many scientists and policy-makers to shy away from their use. 

Via Reuters

Comments

[g]

Mankind is nothing in terms of CO2 production, it is all about nature; maybe Obama can legislate it to stop. Let’s also not forget that the sun is not a DC battery with constant output.

A volcano in a few days can put out more greenhouse gas than mankind’s total to date but the eco-whiners look the other way because it is a political agenda not a physical agenda.

[Steve]

Though I doubt pumping massive amounts of CO2 and other chemicals into the air is a good thing. Doesnt matter how much of an impact compared to other things, humans still have an impact. You want the human race to survive as long as possible? Than we need to reduce our pollution and take care of our home. That's a fact.

[nghuujrrb]

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[ecco shoes]

into the air is a good thing. Doesnt matter how much of an impact compared to