String of
Russian Volcanoes Begin Erupting
02/07/2011
Now the world has something else to grip about
when it comes to Russia - the weather.
A string of volcanoes on Russia's eastern seaboard of Kamchatka have been
unusually active for the last six months. The dust they threw up diverted winds
in the Arctic, pushing cold air over Europe and North America and causing the
unusually cold winter this year, say scientists.
The volcanoes (160 in total, of which 29 are active) are still on the go and
could create more problems this year, depressing harvests around the world just
as global food prices soar and culminating in a second freezing winter next
Christmas.
The eruptions have come at the worst possible time. The Pacific Ocean has
already been cooled by the so-called La Nina - which contributed to the deluge
in Australia and Tropical Cyclones - while at the same time the Atlantic Ocean
is warmer than usual, say climatologists. Erste Bank says the combination of
this means the weather forecast for the first quarter of this year is extreme,
which will hit both the agricultural and mining sectors, sending already spiking
prices up even faster. "These climatic conditions reduce the outlooks of harvest
for agricultural commodities (last year was also bad) and prevent the mining of
commodities like coal," says Erste. "The extreme weather will probably culminate
in the [first quarter] - this is the reason why the prices of commodities will
be influenced by this weather... then an acceleration of consumer inflation...
very exciting. Then you soak in the volcano mineral hot springs that cure all that ails you.
If you take a closer look at the terrain maps of Russia, you will find that in the north-west of Russia the pole ice has left its scars in the past. Many Geologists have confirmed that the polar ice has traveled far intoo Europe before.
The recent sysmological activity around this region in Russia, in my eyes suggests that 1. oure magnetic field is rapidly shifting towards Russia and therefore so is the pole ice. 2 The magnetic field is not only moving the ice but also decreasing gravitational pull on lava beneath the surface. These two points togheter with all the mentioned above in the article mean a major decrease in temperature. As the pole gets closer, sysmological activity will increase more and if im right ice and lava create allot of steam "if im wrong feel free to correct me". This steam and ashclouds will block out even more sun and speed up the cooling proces even more. The blocking of the sun and the amount of steam produced will again in my eyes "im not an expert" cauz major snowfall throughout Europe. As you can recently see in the media the ashcloud from Iceland's vulcano Grimsvotn traveled great distance. Imagin what more than one vulcano can .
Intresting read:
producehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Ice_Age
I'm not sure whats going to happen to the pole ice once it gets close to a vulcanic regoin. Will the extreme cold preserve most of the ice or will most if it melt, turn intoo steam? If it does melt it will probably flood a great deal of land, and once its far enough from the heat source it will cool down again and might even freeze over. As the ashclouds and steam will drift off and produce extreme cold elsewhere away from the pole. Is this the beginning of a new ice age? Or just a new mini one?
I could go on and on for hours, but i just wanted to share some brainwaves with you guys.
I was studying Thermodynamics today and this is right up its street, very intresting.
Great site btw lucus ;)