Volcano Ash Cloud

[24788]

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2010/04/15/london-airports-closed-volcanic-ash/

I am surprised it can travel that far. You just don't believe it until you see it.

 

[Supafly]

Just read the news. Half of europe's air tavel is down.

Mother Nature can show some teeth

 

[L3ggy]

Indeed she can.

 

[Rattrap]

My plans for the day are up in smoke. Almost literally.

...and yet, it's bright and sunny here. Then again, I'm in the south of England where the cloud isn't expected to reach at all.

 

[jod0565]

That is nature.
Whatcha goona do?

 

[arianajoladdict]

pretty interesting

 

[Red Spyder]

Well, doesn't nature know that putting so much ash and CO2 into the athmosphere causes global warming? She's killing herself!! :eek:

 

[habo9]

All the airports in Scotland were closed because of this

 

[BigSwede]

I am a little disappointed that I can't see the cloud.
All airtraffic in northern Europe is now shut down or will be later today.

 

[FreeThugz]

Its a good job it happened this Thursday and not last Thursday as I went to Prague and would have been gutted if my trip got cancelled!

 

[on]

bastard cloud best fuck the fuck off by next thursday!

 

[boatmonkey69]

just a matter of time before the whole world explodes

 

[hiropro]

You can`t fuck with Nature.

 

[BigSwede]

I see it now!
The sky is completely grey and the cloud is blocking the sun.

 

[Ulysses31]

First Iceland lose all of our money and now this

 

[Facetious]

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2010/04/15/london-airports-closed-volcanic-ash/

I am surprised it can travel that far. You just don't believe it until you see it.

This single eruption is probably equivalent to ten years worth the environmental ''damage'' that mankind inflicts upon the atmosphere, but hey, it's all natural so it must be good right ? :1orglaugh

 

[Facetious]

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2010/04/15/london-airports-closed-volcanic-ash/

I am surprised it can travel that far. You just don't believe it until you see it.

This single eruption is probably equivalent to ten years worth the environmental ''damage'' that mankind inflicts upon the atmosphere, but hey, it's all natural so it must be good right ? :1orglaugh

Well, doesn't nature know that putting so much ash and CO2 into the athmosphere causes global warming? She's killing herself!!

Thank you ! You're exactly correct as usual . :hatsoff:

Emissions from volcanic eruptions include : source

[ . .carbon dioxide and sulphur dioxide gas. Other gases typically found in volcanic ashes are hydrogen sulphide, hydrogen chloride, hydrogen fluoride, carbon monoxide, and volatile metal chlorides.

Carbon dioxide emitted from volcanoes adds to the natural greenhouse effect. Sulphur dioxides cause environmental problems, because they are converted to sulphuric acid in the stratosphere; the main cause of acid rain. Furthermore, sulphate aerosols are formed, which reflect solar radiation and absorb heat, thereby cooling the earth. Sulphate aerosols also take part in chemical reactions, forming ozone destructive material.

An example of a volcanic eruption that caused substantial environmental damage is the Mount Pinatubo eruption in the Philippines.

This wouldn't have happened if mankind wasn't so mean to the earth's surface !

:wieldsfist:

 

[StanScratch]

This single eruption is probably equivalent to ten years worth the environmental ''damage'' that mankind inflicts upon the atmosphere, but hey, it's all natural so it must be good right ? :1orglaugh

Could you give us a link verifying this information? Because everything I've read states that humans produce put a significantly larger amount of pollutants into the atmosphere, on average. For instance, one study shows about 0.15 Gt/year of carbon is released into the air by volcanoes, compared to about 7 Gt/year of human related sources .
Additionally, if CO2 releases increased with volcanic eruptions, then it would make sense that the dozens of sampling stations around the world would be detecting spikes during those eruptions - and would be detecting exceptionally large spikes during an eruption such as this. Unfortunately, studies do not show this, but steady rises in CO2 levels.

Of course, this does not take into account a couple of other things. For instance, much of the pollution shot into the atmosphere stays in the lower atmosphere. Our pollutants aim a little bit higher into the stratosphere, hence becoming less likely to be washed away by rainwater that is common for volcanic pollution.
Nature is more apt to be able to handle changes made by a volcano. The Earth has quite a few neat little built in fail safes for events such as this (rainwater, plant life to "scrub" away the pollutants). There have been events which have caused temporary disruption to the system (the Year Without Summer caused by the 1816 Mount Tambora eruption, for instance) - yet our planet's failsafes still come through in the clutch to help bring us back to normality.
Unfortunately, what humans are doing are not quite normal, and the Earth has yet to fully adapt to that damage.

 

[DJCowboy]

I bet this is all Obama's fault!



Anyways, here's a pic from space (different volcano but still cool pic)
http://chamorrobible.org/images/pho...slands-Russian-Federation-20090612-medium.jpg

 

[tartanterrier]

It's the end of the world as we know it - but I feel fine :wave2: