Massive new Volcano forming could potentially cause massive desctruction - Polidicks

[quote]A scientist from the University of Utah has confirmed that two continent-sized "thermochemical piles" are slowly converging at the bottom of Earth's mantle about 1,800 miles (2,900 km) beneath the Pacific Ocean. This process, says geologist Michael Thorne, could eventually lead to a cataclysmic eruption that could "cause very massive destruction on Earth." But don't panic quite yet. His research suggests that this super-volcano-in-the-making may not erupt for another 100 to 200 million years.[/quote] [B]Source:[/B] [url]http://io9.com/5983377/a-massive-new-volcano-may-be-forming-in-the-pacific[/url] Guess if it does happen, we won't be alive to deal with it.

The title made me assume it was going to erupt in a couple of decades :pwn:

[QUOTE=Computrix;39564613][B]Source:[/B] [url]http://io9.com/5983377/a-massive-new-volcano-may-be-forming-in-the-pacific[/url] Guess if it does happen, we won't be alive to deal with it.[/QUOTE] nah i might be alive idk about you though

[QUOTE=rampageturke 2;39564659]nah i might be alive idk about you though[/QUOTE] hi there mr. cullen

[quote] two continent-sized "thermochemical piles" are slowly converging at the bottom of Earth's mantle about 1,800 miles (2,900 km) beneath the Pacific Ocean.[/quote] Well fuck, at least if future humanity dies, future murder fish from the bottom of hell go with us.

"we're all fucked!! .....Sometime in the far, far future."

Eh, it's the problem of the beetle-people; the Pacific isn't closing all that fast, so by M200001 when the next great supercontinent forms, it'll be their apocalypse, not ours. Also, could it be that this kinda thing is what happens every 400 million years or so, the event that causes the global supercontinent to split and reboot the cycle of major continental drift for another 400 million years? Maybe, maybe not; if I recall there was a mass extinction around the Permian era about 250 million years ago, and one of the theories is that volcanic activity was a factor. Then again, the rifting of Pangaea only occurred 75 million years later during the early-mid Jurassic period, so maybe a supervolcanic Permian extinction wasn't how, unless the volcanic activity wasn't really enough to truly sunder Pangaea, and there was a lesser event later on that began the great sundering that finally shattered the weak-points that bound the different regions together. I'm probably talking out of my ass, since I don't know all that much about geology or archaeology, but I'm sure FP has at least one learned geologist who has a better idea about this. Anyone hear able to tackle this topic properly? 'cause I don't think I'm really qualified to work properly with this subject matter, since geology really isn't a major thing in my repertoir.

These kinds of things made me lose so much sleep and be so fucking anxious when I was a kid. Supervalcanoes, megatsunamis, massive ass earthquakes.. still make me a little uneasy when I think about them.

[QUOTE=ironman17;39564944]Eh, it's the problem of the beetle-people; the Pacific isn't closing all that fast, so by M200001 when the next great supercontinent forms, it'll be their apocalypse, not ours. Also, could it be that this kinda thing is what happens every 400 million years or so, the event that causes the global supercontinent to split and reboot the cycle of major continental drift for another 400 million years? Maybe, maybe not; if I recall there was a mass extinction around the Permian era about 250 million years ago, and one of the theories is that volcanic activity was a factor. Then again, the rifting of Pangaea only occurred 75 million years later during the early-mid Jurassic period, so maybe a supervolcanic Permian extinction wasn't how, unless the volcanic activity wasn't really enough to truly sunder Pangaea, and there was a lesser event later on that began the great sundering that finally shattered the weak-points that bound the different regions together. I'm probably talking out of my ass, since I don't know all that much about geology or archaeology, but I'm sure FP has at least one learned geologist who has a better idea about this. Anyone hear able to tackle this topic properly? 'cause I don't think I'm really qualified to work properly with this subject matter, since geology really isn't a major thing in my repertoir.[/QUOTE] Yeah there tends to be a supermassive volcanic eruption every few hundred million years, and I'm pretty sure we're around 100 million years overdue ours, well, as far as averages go. [editline]12th February 2013[/editline] [QUOTE=Persecution;39564951]These kinds of things made me lose so much sleep and be so fucking anxious when I was a kid. Supervalcanoes, megatsunamis, massive ass earthquakes.. still make me a little uneasy when I think about them.[/QUOTE] Don't be scared man, unless you live in the US, then all you can do is hope that it'll either be quick or that you're somehow unaffected.

[QUOTE=Persecution;39564951]These kinds of things made me lose so much sleep and be so fucking anxious when I was a kid. Supervalcanoes, megatsunamis, massive ass earthquakes.. still make me a little uneasy when I think about them.[/QUOTE] I'm 17, I'm still skittish about these. For 10 whole fucking years and I'm alive. I'm a little scared of just sudden out of nowhere death or something like an asteroid hitting us when I turn at a certain age.

[QUOTE=ironman17;39564944]Eh, it's the problem of the beetle-people; the Pacific isn't closing all that fast, so by M200001 when the next great supercontinent forms, it'll be their apocalypse, not ours. Also, could it be that this kinda thing is what happens every 400 million years or so, the event that causes the global supercontinent to split and reboot the cycle of major continental drift for another 400 million years? Maybe, maybe not; if I recall there was a mass extinction around the Permian era about 250 million years ago, and one of the theories is that volcanic activity was a factor. Then again, the rifting of Pangaea only occurred 75 million years later during the early-mid Jurassic period, so maybe a supervolcanic Permian extinction wasn't how, unless the volcanic activity wasn't really enough to truly sunder Pangaea, and there was a lesser event later on that began the great sundering that finally shattered the weak-points that bound the different regions together. Guess probably talking out of my ass, since I don't know all that much about geology or archaeology, but I'm sure FP has at least one learned geologist who has a better idea about this. Anyone hear able to tackle this topic properly? 'cause I don't think I'm really qualified to work properly with this subject matter, since geology really isn't a major thing in my repertoir.[/QUOTE] I'm actually working on getting a degree geological sciences and plate tectonics. Ill tell you in six years.

[QUOTE=Aphtonites;39564642]The title made me assume it was going to erupt in a couple of decades :pwn:[/QUOTE] The title made me assume it was going to erupt in a couple of [B]hours[/B].

ASTEROIDS, SUPER VOLCANOES AND NUCLEAR BOMBS. What a day for news!

[QUOTE=Pierrewithahat;39564974]Yeah there tends to be a supermassive volcanic eruption every few hundred million years, and I'm pretty sure we're around 100 million years overdue ours, well, as far as averages go. Don't be scared man, unless you live in the US, then all you can do is hope that it'll either be quick or that you're somehow unaffected.[/QUOTE] In theory it could happen at any moment; personally since I'm across the pond in a land that knows some pretty miserable weather, and I don't really go out all that much, I wouldn't be apocalyptically-mortified if we ended up with ashen snows in the summer, even if I'd have to buy a gasmask and build up my ash-shovelling muscles (same as the snow-shovelling ones except they're dealing with ash), which to be fair would get me some exercise, but if the ashes end up cutting out my power or internet I'd be kinda screwed. Also I'd rather not have to fight shadowy demon-ghosts created in an attempt to preserve humanity either, even if I end up turning into a mindless zombie made out of salt because I didn't join Project Gestalt. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2lwFiIaMAE[/media]

Second catastrophic disaster thread today.

[QUOTE=ironman17;39565095]In theory it could happen at any moment; personally since I'm across the pond in a land that knows some pretty miserable weather, and I don't really go out all that much, I wouldn't be apocalyptically-mortified if we ended up with ashen snows in the summer, even if I'd have to buy a gasmask and build up my ash-shovelling muscles (same as the snow-shovelling ones except they're dealing with ash), which to be fair would get me some exercise, but if the ashes end up cutting out my power or internet I'd be kinda screwed. Also I'd rather not have to fight shadowy demon-ghosts created in an attempt to preserve humanity either, even if I end up turning into a mindless zombie made out of salt because I didn't join Project Gestalt. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2lwFiIaMAE[/media][/QUOTE] Dude a supervolcanic eruption would massacre our climate, it's not just snowing ash, it's fucking freezing cold weather, it could literally trigger an ice age and smaller eruptions [i]have[/i] in recent times. When Tambora went off the Thames froze over, that was the cause of what has been affectionately termed "The Year Without Summer," and that volcano was the equivalent of a kilo of TNT compared to the Tsar Bomba that is the Yellowstone Caldera. [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Year_Without_a_Summer#Effects[/url] If Yellowstone goes off then the majority of humanity is neck deep in shit and sinking.

What if this is a never ending cycle? What if everything on Earth happens over and over and over again the same way and in 50 million years we'll be talking about how there's a super volcano that might erupt 50-150 million years from now.

[QUOTE=Registered User;39565243]What if this is a never ending cycle? What if everything on Earth happens over and over and over again the same way and in 50 million years we'll be talking about how there's a super volcano that might erupt 50-150 million years from now.[/QUOTE] ...that's because it is a cycle, as pressure builds up in the core and mantle of the planet and needs to be released.

[QUOTE=Registered User;39565243]What if this is a never ending cycle? What if everything on Earth happens over and over and over again the same way and in 50 million years we'll be talking about how there's a super volcano that might erupt 50-150 million years from now.[/QUOTE] Do you even think humanity will be around in 50 million years?

anyone else thinking theres been a couple more apocalyptic news stories lately?

Holy shit! The picture in the source visually exemplifies the definition of hyperbole. [IMG]http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/18ebsu9pshqbspng/original.png[/IMG]

In 200 million years human beings either won't be around or we'll have evolved so radically we can't really be referred to as humans anymore

[QUOTE=hypno-toad;39567621]In 200 million years human beings either won't be around or we'll have evolved so radically we can't really be referred to as humans anymore[/QUOTE] We shall be known as huemins, a triple-gender species that is capable of cross-dimensional travel and spontaneous orgies.

[QUOTE=A B.A. Survivor;39568719]We shall be known as huemins, a triple-gender species that is capable of cross-dimensional travel and spontaneous orgies.[/QUOTE] So, the average Second Life character.

This is making me regret building that not-dying machine...

R'lyeh?

[QUOTE=digigamer17;39565000]I'm 17, I'm still skittish about these. For 10 whole fucking years and I'm alive. I'm a little scared of just sudden out of nowhere death or something like an asteroid hitting us when I turn at a certain age.[/QUOTE] Yeah when I was like 5-6 my brother scared me by saying there was an asteroid going to destroy Earth soon, I would think about it every night and get really scared and anxious, and made me weird about doomsday news in general.

Interesting. A part of me wishes I'd be there to see it but I'm pretty sure my cyborg implants will only sustain me for 50 million years.