In Japan, there was a powerful eruption of the Sakurajima volcano, the 88th of the year and the third in December. Also this month, the Japanese Meteorological Observatory recorded the eruption of a volcano on the island of Iwo Jima and an underwater volcano next to it. On the other side of the Earth, in Sicily, local residents admired the eruption of Etna, which thoroughly shook Iceland.
In general, every week a volcanic eruption is recorded somewhere. This is very common.
A frightening beauty that is best admired from a distance. This is the Krakatoa volcano erupting. The same one that thundered throughout the world almost a century and a half ago. And in the literal sense as in 1883, the sound from its eruption circled the Earth four times. It damaged the eardrums of sailors who were at a 40 mile distance from the epicenter. And now history seems to be repeating itself. Scientists are again recording unprecedented volcanic activity in Indonesia.
Moreover, in early December, the neighboring Marapi on the island of Sumatra rushed after Krakatoa. People were in panic as several surrounding settlements had to be evacuated. Thick ash first rose to a height of 10 miles, and then fell down, covering everything around.
The local airport operation was paralyzed and 22 people died. These are climbers who were ascending the picturesque volcano when it unexpectedly woke up for everyone, almost simultaneously with its Italian brothers.
And if Stromboli only made a little noise, scaring the whole neighborhood, then the highest active volcano in Europe – Etna – showed the admiring public everything at once: ash, volcanic rocks and hot magma. Tourists line up to admire it.
However, the enterprising Japanese went the furthest. For some it’s a natural disaster, but here it’s a territorial acquisition.
It is not the sea that is seething, but the underwater Nishinoshima volcano that is erupting. It was so productive that an entire island with a diameter of about 330 feet was formed. Next door, the neighboring Sakurajima volcano, woke up. It’s also uneasy in Iceland on the other side of the world.
The town of Grindavik has been evacuated. The mayor’s interview is unceremoniously interrupted by tremors. The owners of the world-famous Blue Lagoon spa resort are counting their losses. It was closed due to a possible eruption of the Fagradalsfjall volcano. And all this happened on our planet in just 2 months.
A period begins when volcanoes become more active. We have about 60-90 volcanic eruptions every year.
Southeast Asia, the Far East, Italy – the geography is not accidental, as experts explain.
Of course, volcanoes are interconnected. There are small chains – a series of volcanoes that sit on one tectonic crack. There are more global chains – the ring of fire around the Pacific Ocean. Partially Indian – Indonesian, the arc of these chains is called “Ring of Fire”.
The “Ring of Fire” includes 328 of the 540 volcanoes known to mankind, a “hellish abyss flooding the Earth with fire” – as scientists call the ring, frightening with “volcanic winter”, the most pessimistic forecast.
Most of the magma will not be able to turn into lava. Therefore, due to the explosion, large masses of ash will rush into the sky. But it will not be just ash, but red-hot stone particles. This will affect the entire US as well as Canada. Tens of millions of people within 600 miles would die immediately. If you inhale ash in your lungs it will turn into a cement-like mixture.
Light ash rises into the high layers of the atmosphere, obscuring the sun and reflecting solar radiation, without a moderate amount of which life on Earth is impossible. With this development of events, the temperature at the equator will be around 0°C (32°F) and -50°C (-58°F) in the middle zone. Plants will die, and with them everyone who breathes oxygen. The effect is comparable to “nuclear winter”. The situation will normalize in about 20 years, but not everyone will survive. For example, Canadian scientists made a sensational confession. It turns out that the factor of a falling meteorite in the death of dinosaurs has been slightly exaggerated all this time.
Climate change caused by massive volcanic eruptions set the stage for the extinction of the dinosaurs, challenging the traditional idea that a single meteorite dealt the final blow to the ancient giants. By spewing out a staggering million cubic kilometers of rock, volcanoes played a key role in cooling the global climate some 65 million years ago.
But volcanoes are just the tip of the iceberg as all the most interesting things, scientists say, happen underground. Eruptions are a consequence of much more frightening tectonic processes, namely the movement of lithospheric plates.
Seismologists warn that the possibility of a powerful earthquake in Istanbul is 47%. Southeast Asia, the Far East and Siberia are also under threat. The reason, according to one theory, should be sought not only deep underground, but quite unexpectedly in space.
This year is the year of solar activity
As a result, we see a cascade of earthquakes passing through the territory of the globe. There are periods that are determined precisely by these solar-lunar terrestrial connections, when the period of volcanic activity becomes most noticeable. Especially when volcanologists begin to tell us that activity is increasing, the number of earthquakes is increasing.
And our planet is slowly but surely changing. The authoritative scientific journal “Science” writes that the crust in the equator region increases. This is the so-called “Expanding Earth Hypothesis” – hence the cataclysms that occur. Science fiction stories are scary – the globe could simply crack in half and everything would go to hell. Once upon a time, the supercontinent Pangea split apart and now it looks like the time has come to “gather the stones.”
It’s not difficult to guess what this might mean for the modern way of mankind. The economies of most countries, even high-tech ones, will collapse. The amount of food will be reduced significantly. Drinking water will become especially valuable and a new great migration of peoples will begin. The main question is where? After all, the geography of the future is still too vague.
Predicted mathematically
When analyzing data on magnetic and oceanic anomalies, the rate of ocean stretching and plate movement is calculated and several options for the formation of a new continent have even been proposed. Australia will move closer to China and Japan will join Russia. All of Africa will connect with Europe. The Mediterranean Sea will disappear.
This is indeed the most radical way to resolve territorial disputes and geopolitical problems. Which, given this development of events, will seem like a mere children’s matinee. After all, humanity has not yet learned to confront a truly global threat, despite the fact that people as a species can survive such a catastrophe only together.
