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  1. 🌋🌍 A major eruption of the #Yellowstone #supervolcano is statistically unlikely to happen for thousands of years despite frequent media speculation.

    An analysis details how geological monitoring works and what would occur if the #volcano became active. The primary global concern involves the massive volume of ash released into the #atmosphere which could temporarily cool the #climate and impact global #food systems.

    👉 popsci.com/environment/what-if

    #geology #earthscience #science #environment #nature #education #safety #research

  2. NZ's Out There Learning YouTube channel has an excellent new video on NZ's Taupo supervolcano.

    That's in case you needed a reminder of how colossally violent past eruptions of this volcano have been, and a reminder that it's still active and magma is gradually building under the lake.

    youtube.com/watch?v=Fiq9TSKiWaw

    #nz #volcano #SuperVolcano

  3. (2/4) Even when two catastrophes cause similar global yield losses, their effects on trade are dramatically different.

    Abrupt sunlight reduction (#NuclearWar, #supervolcano) concentrates damage in high-latitude major exporters → severe trade disruption

    Global infrastructure loss spreads damage more evenly → less trade chaos

    Why? Because the countries that get hit hardest in nuclear winter scenarios (#US, #Canada, #Russia, #Ukraine) are the same ones that feed the world.
    In a 37 Tg nuclear war scenario, most countries lose 50-100% of food imports. Australia becomes essentially the only major wheat exporter left standing.

  4. These insights can also be used for other instances of abrupt sunlight reduction scenarios, such as by #supervolcano or #asteroid impact.

    This enhanced #resilience of our #FoodSystem after catastrophes is just one of the reasons we should use more seaweed. It can also be used to sequester carbon from the atmosphere and the #FAO regularly writes reports which advice us to grow more seaweed now to enhance our global #FoodSecurity.

  5. @PatrickoftheG

    I imagine this to be a sarcastic remark?
    #ICBM|s with #NuclearWarheads striking anywhere do not compare to anything else, other than the explosion of a #SuperVolcano.

  6. Dunno if this is click bait, must go find the Italian coverage. "Italy plans for mass evacuation as quakes continue around supervolcano" #Supervolcano #Italy #volcanoes theguardian.com/world/2023/oct