From the Daily Mail: "'Zombie' volcano thought extinct for 710,000 years shows signs of an eruption." The volcano in question is the approximately 13,000 foot tall Taftan, in southeastern Iran. It was thought to be extinct but it has shown activity recently including a summit uplift of 3.5 inches over 10 months from 2023 to 2024, and has not subsided; and visible smoke and ash emissions from the crater. "The team [that has been studying the volcano] also said the findings highlight the urgent need to reassess the Makran subduction volcanic arc, a chain of volcanoes in southern Iran and Pakistan, as new activity at Taftan suggests current hazard evaluations may be outdated."
Alright! Let's stir the pot!
ReplyDeleteI wonder if this is related to the shifts in the Southern Atlantic magnetic anomaly.
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ReplyDeleteIn all seriousness, though, if the moon and Mars are waking up (geologically speaking) than the already active Earth can be expected to just get more active.
Shhh. It's just global warming.
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