BRKG New Volcanic Eruption - This Time Ecuador - Tungurahua Vocano

Melodi

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Ecuadoran volcano called 'Throat of Fire' in local language starts spewing ash 28,000ft into air

The eruption is latest after months of activity around Tunguarahua volcano
Rose Troup Buchanan Author Biography

Monday 01 September 2014

An Ecuadorean volcano is spewing ash five miles into the air, closely monitored by experts, after an eruption this weekend.

Ash from the Tunguarahua volcano, whose name means ‘Throat of Fire’ in the local Quechua language, was blown five miles, 28,000 ft, into the sky and drifted west.

It was the latest eruption from the volcano after a period of calm.

Tunguarahua volcano erupted on 29 July, 4 August and then again on 19 August.

Homes nearby have felt the strength of the eruptions, with the blast causing windows and roofs to vibrate.

Over the weekend the volcano started spewing small pyroclastic flows, a fast-moving current of hot gas and rock which can reach speeds of 450mph and temperatures of about 1,000 C.

In pictures: The Tungurahua volcano erupts in Ecuador
I can't copy pictures from this site but worth a click on the link!-Melodi

The volcano has been classified as active since 1999, with frequent powerful ash explosions producing ash plumes and dangerous pyroclastic flows part of the population around the base has been evacuated.

It is located in the Andes, 87 miles south of the capital Quito.

It's a another blow for the aviation industry which is already reacting to the Icelandic volcano, which last night downgraded its aviation warning back to orange from red, and an eruption in Papua New Guinea disrupting air travel.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/w...rts-spewing-ash-28000ft-into-air-9703589.html
 
Hognutz

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Here's some Melodi...
 

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Bubble Head

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Ecuador is on the equator and the ash is blowing west over the Pacific which creates most of our weather here in the Western USA. I don't thing you necessarily need one giant volcano to go off and have a major climate shift. I think we have enough moderate volcanoes right now to make this a very cold winter. Great pictures Hognutz.
 
Melodi

Melodi

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Great pictures! One reason I posted this was that I also think you don't have to have one giant eruption (though that can happen too) but a lot of smaller eruptions, especially those with ash can produce a marked cooling the weather at least for a few seasons.
 
packyderms_wife

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Neither here nor there.
Melodi said:
Great pictures! One reason I posted this was that I also think you don't have to have one giant eruption (though that can happen too) but a lot of smaller eruptions, especially those with ash can produce a marked cooling the weather at least for a few seasons.
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There was also the eruption in Paupa New Guinea last week that was quite impressive as well.
 
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Richard

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to be fair volcanic eruptions and indeed earthquakes are necessary natural phenomena, not saying I'd want to be near one

considering that the lithosphere is quite thin I'm surprised there aren't more eruptions, but I guess nature gives us just the right amount
 
Be Well

Be Well

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I wonder if the cooling would make more rain in the the Pacific northwest and California. I hope so.
 
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Ambros

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Be Well said:
I wonder if the cooling would make more rain in the the Pacific northwest and California. I hope so.
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Not sure? If its blowing over open water that would, in my mind, make me think that the cooling would happen over the water itself lowering evap rates. If that's the case it might worsen the droughts. Though I'm no climatologist I have stayed at a Holiday Inn Express and this makes sense to me lol
 
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Melodi said:
Great pictures! One reason I posted this was that I also think you don't have to have one giant eruption (though that can happen too) but a lot of smaller eruptions, especially those with ash can produce a marked cooling the weather at least for a few seasons.
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Volcanos have to be pretty big to affect climate globally; VEI 5 (Pinatubo-scale) or higher. We haven't seen one of those since, well, Pinatubo.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volcanic_Explosivity_Index
 
anney

anney

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Another one??....wow.....now this is getting very, very interesting.....lots of rumblings going on.
 
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Publius

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Melodi said:
Great pictures! One reason I posted this was that I also think you don't have to have one giant eruption (though that can happen too) but a lot of smaller eruptions, especially those with ash can produce a marked cooling the weather at least for a few seasons.
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Yes the accumulation from volcanic eruptions can have a major effect on the global weather and heres a link where everyone can see for themselves. Try to understand not all the volcanic eruptions are listed, but the one's that are listed show up in ice cores and geological samples from around the world.
http://iceagenow.info/2014/04/climatologist-calls-big-cool-2020
 
LightEcho

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packyderms_wife said:
True, but in the past year there have been several VEI 3's and at least one 4 that when put together equal one Pinatubo.

K-
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Has anyone assembled a graphical display of historical volcanic and earthquake events? It would be very interesting to see these by number / frequency and size, throughout recorded history.
 
packyderms_wife

packyderms_wife

Neither here nor there.
LightEcho said:
Has anyone assembled a graphical display of historical volcanic and earthquake events? It would be very interesting to see these by number / frequency and size, throughout recorded history.
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Wikipedia is your friend here, as is the USGS they have a list of everything but it'll require some digging.
 
LightEcho

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With the filament release toward earth, I would expect some major action- earthquake or volcano in the next day or two.

In this video, there is a mention of proton bombardment. I expect this will hit the magnetosphere pretty hard and shake the earth. There was a giant X-flare yesterday AWAY from the earth on the other side of the sun... so don't confuse that with this filament release.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=maib9eGmG4s
 
Bubble Head

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The PNG volcano was actually on Bougainville which is almost opposite below the equator as the Ecuador volcano. The Equatorial currents flow north from those points so a cooling effect caused by volcanic action on the equator will probably cause a colder Equatorial current to flow north. It will effect the weather making it colder but not necessarily wetter. I could not afford a Holiday Inn so I slept in my tent and made this assumption. Need more firewood.
 
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