During the past several years, there has been a marked increase of volcanic eruptions around the world. Their gases, most certainly, are to be as feared as their lava flows. These gases could well indeed add to our present-day global-warming woes. In these links, you will find extensive information on volcanoes, photographs, diagrams, etc. In discussing climate change, I believe that at least some mention should be made of theseawe-inspiring "thunder-mountains".......... Volcano - Wikipedia Volcanic hazards - Wikipedia Ring of Fire - Wikipedia
Not sure where the statistics for this are from….sounds kind of hokey. I do know the last really big one in terms of emissions was Mt Pinetubo in the Philippines about 1990. Dwarfs everything since or before in recent years…even our local Mt St Helens And the SO2 emissions had a measurable effect in DECREASING temperatures for a few years.
I totally had forgotten about Mt. St. Helens; that was the same year my dad passed. A few years back, if I am correct, Mt.Vesuvius was starting to stir again; and I also know that (last year?) there were some serious lava flows in Hawaii. Another eruption I had forgotten about (thanks for reminding me!) was Mt. Pinatubo. I now recall watching news reports back then; that was a BIG one for sure, so far as emissions. We have had some VERY serious (and deadly) earthquakes recently (Puerto Rico and Turkey), unrelated, of course, to any sort of volcanic activity............
Some interesting geological information here (I've seen these mountains too many times to count in my 66 years of living in northern New Jersey)............... Watchung Mountains - Wikipedia
List of volcanoes in the United States................. List of volcanoes in the United States - Wikipedia
We lived in Missoula, Mt in 1980. We we hiking with our kids on a nearby mountain that day, heard the rumble, and several hours later noticed the black cloud of a “thunderstorm “ approaching. Our son said “ dad that’s a funny cloud….kind of sparkly”. Later a fine white ash (like talcum powder) started sifting down. By 500 PM the street lights came on because of the gloom. We finally heard the news and awoke the next day to a dull white landscape. Only about an inch of the ash fell but beetles walking across our driveway left very distinctive tracks. But the ash was so fine a car driving down the street would leave a hanging cloud of the ash….and the city shut down for about 5 days. We lived about 490 miles downwind from the mountain but happened to be right under the narrow trajectory. The Continental divide about 100 miles to our east was about the end of accumulating ash fall. Quite the experience.
Wow! Thanks for sharing this "surreal" experience with me; glad that you and the family were unharmed by any "fallout". I now recall the VERY sobering photos in a "National Geographic" feature some months afterwards. When, back in July, my area was totally enveloped by the wildfire smoke from Canada, that one day was indeed something out of a science fiction flick. It was as dark as late twilight at 1pm; everything was cloaked in a reddish/orange haze; all the streetlights came on, and the smell of smoke was VERY distinct, even with my windows shut (it actually smelled as though there was a fire somewhere locally) The Moon was VERY dramatic that night, seen as a deep, burnished red/orange disc in the sky. Man, I will NEVER forget that day.......it was beyond surreal and weird...................
Scary............. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climate_change_in_Antartica (cannot help but wonder what the future of penguins might be; I've always had a soft spot for these little fellows!)
Antarctica............. Climate change in Antarctica - Wikipedia (cannot help but wonder of the plight of the penguins; I've always had a soft spot for these interesting little fellows!) And, back in the day, we thought that the South Pole would forever be encased in ice.............
The "Volcanic Winter of 536" (this is quite interesting)............. Volcanic winter of 536 - Wikipedia
More interesting reading (w/illustrations)................ Volcanoes Can Affect Climate | U.S. Geological Survey
I don't seem to recall any big rig pulled over in a speed trap. Oh, there's all kinds...the professionals that work for real haulers are all speed governed and given reasonable schedules...like the walmart and amazon 70 footers... It's the gypsies that haul ass to be able to make a buck. Coming down the mountains in Virginia or NC, you have to make a decision, haul ass down the passing lane with the rest of the drivers doing 80 through the twists and turns or get stuck behind trucks gearing down at 35. I figure I have the rest of my life to get where I am going, one way or the other..
Concern with "Yugge" budget deficits seems to be selective. Retrumplicans get concerned when the Dems are in office. Yet under Trump, the US debt increased by a total of $7 trillion and during his presidency Congress voted to increase the debt ceiling three times. As for concern about climate change, they still seem to be paddling up that long river in Africa--worrying about wind turbines giving us cancer and making whales crazy !
Thank you. As a proud Chickasaw, I do try to respect the environment. A couple of centuries of forced removal and relocation onto often-marginalized lands in Oklahoma and elsewhere left us vulnerable to climate change. "From northern Arizona, where the Hopi are facing a megadrought that is withering crops and killing livestock, to southern Louisiana, where the Biloxi-Chitimacha-Choctaw are seeing their ancestral lands succumb to rising seas, Native American tribes are at the forefront of the climate crisis." Why Protecting Tribal Rights Is Key to Fighting Climate Change I'm not sure that most of us, though, are any more enlightened than anybody else when it comes to solutions. Tom Cole, our Rep in DC, is a Republican, as are two more of the five Native Americans in Congress. Cole described Biden's climate plan as "merely a progressive climate policy and irresponsible taxation wish list."