According to the information on the foundation's website, scientists investigating the risks of disaster threatening the world claimed that a giant volcanic eruption could bring the end of the human species and the probability of this happening is between 5 and 10 percent by the end of the century.
Scientists reminded that approximately 100 thousand people died as a result of the eruption of Tambora Volcano in Indonesia in 1815 and that this eruption was 7 according to the 1-8 scale "volcano eruption index", and that a similar eruption is much more likely when today's population distribution is taken into account. pointed out that it could have serious consequences.
Stating that at least 7 volcanic eruptions with a magnitude of 7 occurred in the Holocene period, which started about 10 thousand years ago, and that the world population was less than 1 billion in all but one, the scientists emphasized that the number of people is expected to increase to 12 billion by the end of the century.
Scientists stated that after a big eruption, dense dust and gas would be ejected into the atmosphere, and this would lead to extremely large changes in air temperatures, and gave an example of famine, drought, and epidemics after the eruption of Laki volcanoes in Iceland in 1783 and Tambora volcanoes in Indonesia.
Emphasizing that international efforts in the fight against disasters focus on reducing the consequences of tsunamis and earthquakes, scientists claimed that volcanic eruptions, which can cause much greater destruction, are ignored.
The scientists pointed out the necessity of establishing a "volcano monitoring network" and stated that this network would cost about 2 billion dollars a year.
LARGE VOLCANIC EXPLOSIONS
After the eruption of Mount Vesuvius on the coast of the Gulf of Naples in Italy in 1631, the city of Pompeii was wiped off the map, causing the death of about 4,000 people.
Etna Volcano on the Sicily Island of Italy produced a lava river flowing along the streets of the city of Catania in 1669, and approximately 20,000 people died in and around the city.
The 1783 eruption of Iceland's Skaptar Volcano affected farming and fishing, and in the famine that followed, one-fifth of the population died.
Hurricanes and tsunamis caused by the eruption of Tambora Volcano on Sumbawa Island in Indonesia in 1815 killed 12 thousand of people and this eruption spread huge dust clouds into the atmosphere.
Krakatoa Volcano in Indonesia, located between Sumatra and Malaysia, exploded in 1883 with the equivalent of hundreds of nuclear bombs, causing tsunamis 30 meters high and killing 35,000 people. After the explosion, huge dust clouds left this region in the dark for years, causing the air temperature to drop by 2 degrees around the world. The Moon was seen as blue and sometimes green for 2 years due to the dust spreading into the atmosphere.
Pelee Volcano on Martinique Island covered the city of Saint-Pierre with gas and hot ash in 1902 and caused 29,933 deaths out of 29,937 people.
After 600 years of silence, Pinatubo Volcano in the Philippines was reactivated in 1991 and killed about 750 people.
The sulfuric acid cloud released by Pinatubo, reaching nearly 20 million tons, surrounded the equator for weeks, spread to the poles, and covered the entire planet, reflecting sunlight back and cooling the earth.
The ash spewed by the Eyyafyallaökül Volcano, which started operating in Iceland in 2010, caused more than 100,000 flights to be canceled and international flights to be in chaos for a week.
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