(Philippines) Mayon shoots ash column, major eruption nears (Attention Algore!)

The Inquirer (Philippines) ^ | 12/25/2009 | Rey M. Nasol

[markomalley]

Obviously, on a serious note, prayers go out to the folks in the danger zone.

But, more importantly, how much is the IPCC going to tax the Philippine government and is Algore jetting over (in his G-5, of course) to sell these folks the carbon offsets so they can pay for their greenhouse gas emissions?

[markomalley]

Merry Christmas

[KoRn]

/mark

[ASA Vet]

PI Ping

[mreerm]

it would be interesting to get the carbon emission numbers for this event, then evaluate the increased output against the old doomsday projections of the AGW gang.

wouldn’t it be interesting to find that, w/ mans contributions, the world was expected to implode in 5 years, but the output from this even would put us on a track having us implode in 5 minutes..............

[HChampagne]

We are just now getting over Mt. Pinatubo's giant 1991 tantrum and the planet managed to survive. Here is what Wiki has to say about that one: The effects of the eruption were felt worldwide. It ejected roughly 10 billion metric tonnes (10 cubic kilometres) of magma, and 20 million tons of SO2, bringing vast quantities of minerals and metals to the surface environment. It injected large amounts of aerosols into the stratosphere—more than any eruption since that of Krakatoa in 1883. Over the following months, the aerosols formed a global layer of sulfuric acid haze. Global temperatures dropped by about 0.5 °C (0.9 °F), and ozone depletion temporarily increased substantially.

[uglybiker]

... the intensifying activity might force us to raise the alert level to its highest level but it would happen only when Mayon shoots a straight ash column containing pyroclastic materials and molten, burning rocks as big as houses or buses from its crater, accompanied by intense rumbling and jittering of the ground felt as far as this city,” said resident volcanologist Eduardo Laguerta.

I guess that means Level 5 follows the old phrase: "Put some jam in your pockets 'cuz you're about to be toast".

[ak267]

Bush’s fault....

[steelyourfaith]

Merry Christmas !

Climate modeling has incorporated sulfate aerosols produced by human activity. Those particles reflect solar energy back into space, thus cooling the planet. The significant effect of the sulfate particles was confirmed by the 1991 Mount Pinatubo eruption, which threw vast amounts of particles (an estimated 20 million tons, much more than the combined total of all the cars ever in existence have produced) into the upper atmosphere, leading to a measurable cooling of the earth for the next two years. Sulfate aerosols not only reflect energy directly away from the globe but act to condense water vapor into clouds, which also reflect incoming solar radiation away from the earth. The net effect is to reduce the amount of warming from manmade sources. Incorporating the effects of aerosols into the models has led to better predictions of past temperature changes; more important, it has reduced significantly the forecast temperatures and sea level rises resulting from climate changes. (Attribution: Thomas Moore, Climate of Fear, and Rush Limbaugh, EIB.)

 

Beam me to Planet Gore !

[Mount Athos]

when a big volcano shoots ash that high doesn’t it cause cooling for us down here?

[happinesswithoutpeace]

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[maine-iac7]

ping

[Lorianne]

I think we should fine the Phillipines ... beaucoup bucks.
Demand Climate Justice!

Merry Christmas!

[Flavius]

Philippine residents flee Mayon Volcano area amid eruption fears - 17 Jan 09

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X307L_yvBxo

[Moltke]

OK, that’s it! Mankind can no longer remain inactive and just stand by when all these volcano eruptions threaten our very existence!

I call upon the UN to set up an international committee of eminent scientists that will provide clear guidance as to how vulcanism can be contained to pre-1990 levels - or it’s the end for all of us! No costs should be spared; our economies and standard of living are clearly insignificant compared to this new global threat.

Women, children, and developing nations hit hardest. And it’s clearly the fault of America and Western Europe, the wicked nations that have perpetrated and profited from global vulcanism for far too long. We need to establish a magma cap-and-trade scheme before it’s too late.

[Strategerist]

Volcanoes emit a variety of gasses, which have a variety of climatic effects.

A really big eruption tbat can get Sulfur Dioxide into the stratoshpere - aerosols that reflect sunlight - can cool the climate over most of the world for the next year or so - Pinatubo caused about 1 degree Fahrenheit of cooling.

This effect is more pronounced for volcanoes near the Equator rather than those near the poles.

Volcanoes also, of course, emit carbon dioxide. However, the total carbon dioxide emissions of all volcanoes worldwide in an average year is less than 1/100th of the carbon dioxide emissions of human activity (So people can abandon the tired old jokes about volcanoes having to buy carbon credits from Al Gore, etc. Their CO2 contribution is essentially irrelevant compared to human burning of fossil fuels.)

http://volcanoes.usgs.gov/hazards/gas/index.php

Mayon just doesn’t have huge eruptions so I doubt it would ever have any climate effect - the problem with it is that so many people live near it.

[reefdiver]

Well actually zer0’s. He is the Messiah, and could / should raise his eyes and arms, speak a few words and set all this rght.

[Track9]

I anticipate reading a headline attributing “short term global cooling” to this eruption.

[Track9]

Take care Art Bell.

[AlexW]

“Take care Art Bell.”

He is over 500 km from the volcano.
There are plenty of other FReepers throughout the Philippines.