Scientists have warned about the possibility of a huge volcanic eruption in this century, which, if it happens, will change the climate of the planet and endanger the lives of millions of people.
According to the English newspaper “Daily Mail”, scientists announced that the probability of this disaster occurring during the remaining 78 years of this century is 1 in 6.
When the Hunga Tonga Hunga Ha Ibai volcano erupted in the Pacific Ocean state of Tonga last January, it was powerful enough to cause a tsunami that reached Japan, North America, and South America.
But the country of Tonga was the most affected by these waves, as it caused huge material losses, estimated at about one-fifth of the GDP.
An analysis by scientists at the Niels Bohr Institute in Denmark of the ice core layer in Greenland and Antarctica concluded that a 7-magnitude volcanic eruption could be 10 to 100 times stronger than the one recorded last January. .
The possibility of eruption of this volcano is predicted in the current century.
In ancient times, previous volcanic eruptions caused sudden climate changes and the collapse of civilizations.
In our time, according to Britain’s leading volcanologists, there is a sad thing that the world is not ready for such an event.
Michael Cassidy, a professor of volcanology at the University of Birmingham, told Nature: “There is no concerted action and massive investment to reduce the global impact of large eruptions.
He added: This matter must be changed.
Cassidy draws a comparison, saying that NASA and other space agencies receive hundreds of billions of dollars in funding for “planetary defense” programs to deal with the possibility of asteroids hitting Earth.
In contrast, there is no global plan to protect the Earth in the event of a volcanic cloud eruption, which is hundreds of times more likely than asteroids and comets hitting the Earth.
It is worth noting that the world’s last massive 7-degree volcanic eruption occurred in 1815 in Tambora, Indonesia, which killed more than 100,000 people and affected millions around the world. Prevalence in India.
During that time, the volcano destroyed crops in China, Europe and North America.
According to Cassidy, given the global overcrowding and connectivity between parts of the Earth, the occurrence of such a volcano in our time may lead to more severe loss of life and property.
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