Yellowstone caldera - concerning.......

[kubota4me]

Um, the dinosaurs went extinct at the end of the Cretaceous, 64 million years ago, or roughly sixty three million three hundred and sixty thousand years prior to your ash layer.

That is quantifiable and not bull

Ok, so I was off by a couple of zeros and they were mammals and not dinosaurs...my point is the same fate faces us from the ash. Rooftops of buildings would collapse from the shear weight of the ash, no crops would grow with ten feet or more of ash covering it, animals will die from lack of food, engines won't run and will seize up because the fine ash will either clog up the air cleaners or it will score the cylinder walls and all of this will make for a generally bad day

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashfall_Fossil_Beds

 

[lockhaven]

I have got to ask, what does a volcano erupting have to do with climate change. I am not talking about what the after effects do just the eruption

 

[71bronco]

So many people deny climate change it is unbelievable.

I don't deny climate change, just man made climate change. Quite a difference between the two.

Jeff

 

[MossRoad]

Ok, so I was off by a couple of zeros and they were mammals and not dinosaurs...my point is the same fate faces us from the ash. Rooftops of buildings would collapse from the shear weight of the ash, no crops would grow with ten feet or more of ash covering it, animals will die from lack of food, engines won't run and will seize up because the fine ash will either clog up the air cleaners or it will score the cylinder walls and all of this will make for a generally bad day

Ashfall Fossil Beds - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Man, reality is a bummer. :laughing:

 

[MossRoad]

I don't deny climate change, just man made climate change. Quite a difference between the two.

Jeff

So where does all that stuff go after man burns it? Just askin.

 

[CalG]

So where does all that stuff go after man burns it? Just askin.

A question from another perspective.

How does the "air pollution" caused by man compare to all the natural emmissions constantly being released around the earth? Then add the volcanos and intermittent erruptions.

I contend that those who feel that man's contributions to climate change are most significant feel that natural releases are insignificant, while those who feel human caused emmisions are not an issue feel that "in comparison" our foot print is relatively small.

Seems like there should be some numbers available on the subject. I have not found a reference yet. Anyone?

 

[cqaigy2]

I have got to ask, what does a volcano erupting have to do with climate change. I am not talking about what the after effects do just the eruption

By immediate effects, you mean lava/pyroclastic flows, explosions, falling rocks im assuming. For St. Helens the immediate effects were relatively small, i'd imagine if Yellow Stone blew, it would be an order of magnitude larger. I don't think i'd like to be anywhere near that.:laughing:

 

[dave1949]

By immediate effects, you mean lava/pyroclastic flows, explosions, falling rocks im assuming. For St. Helens the immediate effects were relatively small, i'd imagine if Yellow Stone blew, it would be an order of magnitude larger. I don't think i'd like to be anywhere near that.:laughing:

That's correct. Falling rock is weather, not climate. :laughing:

 

[Egon]

Ahh--be of good cheer. One faulty instrument does not make a catastrophic event imenent.

 

[grsthegreat]

did you see the post about the faulty seismic recorder in yellowstone (montana) that registered a magnitude 22 earthquake. thats like a earth splitting in 2 event.

Magnitude 22 Quake: Yellowstone - Did They Jump The Gun? | Earthquakes