I've been doing a lot of reading on the near extinction event called the great dying. It took place about 251 million years ago between the Permian and Jurassic periods. It wiped out about 80% of the marine species and 70% of the land based vertebrae species, and a total of over 90% of the species on the planet going extinct.
One of the theories is that that a string of volcano in Siberia erupted for 10,000 years raising the earths temperature by over 5 degrees, causing land based life to suffocate and ocean based creatures to not be able to breath.
I also read up on the Yellow stone eruption that happened 650,000 years ago that flung 1000 cubic kilometres of rock and ash into low earth orbit. it is estimated that the explosion measured at 875,000 megatons.
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Oh wow, I was there 1.5 months ago. I was in the same spot where that video was being filmed from (I think). We did the overnight hike up Volcan Acetango and watched Fuego erupt most of the night. The sites and sounds are something I'll never forget.
I hope everyone is okay.
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I've been doing a lot of reading on the near extinction event called the great dying. It took place about 251 million years ago between the Permian and Jurassic periods. It wiped out about 80% of the marine species and 70% of the land based vertebrae species, and a total of over 90% of the species on the planet going extinct.
One of the theories is that that a string of volcano in Siberia erupted for 10,000 years raising the earths temperature by over 5 degrees, causing land based life to suffocate and ocean based creatures to not be able to breath.
I also read up on the Yellow stone eruption that happened 650,000 years ago that flung 1000 cubic kilometres of rock and ash into low earth orbit. it is estimated that the explosion measured at 875,000 megatons.
That extinction event would be at the Permian and Triassic, not Jurassic. Regarding volcanoes locally, we are in a time where there likely will be some incredible activity. Both Yellowstone and the Great Rift (Craters of the Moons area) are in a timeframe where they should be ready to blow.
That extinction event would be at the Permian and Triassic, not Jurassic. Regarding volcanoes locally, we are in a time where there likely will be some incredible activity. Both Yellowstone and the Great Rift (Craters of the Moons area) are in a timeframe where they should be ready to blow.
Thanks for the fix, my bad.
I don't think we'll see Yellowstone erupt for a while yet, I read somewhere another 10k years at least.
I think Craters of the Moon are dormant isn't it?
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I don't think we'll see Yellowstone erupt for a while yet, I read somewhere another 10k years at least.
I think Craters of the Moon are dormant isn't it?
10k years is the near term in geological speak. Craters of the Moon/Great Rift is dormant but not extinct. It is still expected to erupt in the "near term."
Fuego is awesome to see in person! I've been to Guat 5x and am always looking forward to seeing this volcano puff away every 3-5 mins. There are also a few restaurants that are somewhat close to the base which provide amazing night time views of the lava spewing in the air if you catch a good eruption. Also cool is that you can actually hear the rumble of the volcano from very far away. Amazing memories!
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I was going to write something up on the 5 extinction level events, but I think I'm intimidated by the perspective audience here.
The current mass extinction is/will be the best one. The dino extinction (KT or KPg) is the most popular, the great dying (PT) is the biggest, the first one (OS) is probably the most boring, the fish extinction (Late Devonian) no one really cares about, the Triassic extinction (TJ) is really interesting from a Geology/research perspective and possibly one of the most interesting from a climate change perspective but this is very academic.
Share your interest in the extinctions though.
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Fuego Volcano (Volcano of Fire) errupts in Guatemala
