An April 17 NASA image took place at Eyjafjallajokull to the west and Myrdalsjokull ice cap, beneath which slumbers the mighty Katla volcano, to the east. An April 17 NASA image took place at Eyjafjallajokull to the west and Myrdalsjokull ice cap, beneath which slumbers the mighty Katla volcano, to the east.Kool. That anti-Allah guy has a great sense of humor.
The ONE: “Plug the hole!”
Uh, from the point of view of the vulcano, an eruption would be a success, no?
Gee, at least this one is easier to spell...
It’s going to change it’s name to thirty-eight letters with two vowels?!? ;-P
Count your blessings, I say, this one is at least pronounceable!
http://hraun.vedur.is/ja/englishweb/
Iceland earthquake charts updated every two minutes.
However (comma)(pause)…
How “green” is geothermal power now?
Better get the Top Hat or Top Kill or whatever it’s called, guys on a plane, or a big blimp...
the good news is, most of us can actually pronounce the name of this volcano
ping!
Bush’s fault.......
When you look at that chart, you'll see the past eruptions in connection with Global Cooling. If there are eruptions on the "upside" of the temperature swing, then it will be affecting how much of an "upswing" there will be.
Take a look at the last major "Global Warming" upswing and the number of volcanoes on that "upside" of the swing. It looks like to me, what would have been more major of a "Global Warming" swing (from that deep cooling earlier) was "muted" from being even warmer than it was, from numerous volcanoes interfering into the cycles of Global Warming and Global Cooling that happen naturally, already.
Lately we've been in a "Global Cooling" phase from our last "Global Warming" phase, because of the recent sunspot low point. That's supposed to lead to a decade or more of "Global Cooling" now. And you add in those volcanic eruptions, which happen with regularity throughout our history on earth, and you've got even more of a cooling trend... :-)
And, by the way, in the Continental US, the lower 48, we've had two major volcanic eruptions last century. One in Northern California and another one in Southern Washington, just north of Portland, Oregon.
As you can see... volcanic eruptions are a "constant" in our history. They'll always be happening.
Until recently, global temperatures were more than a degree Fahrenheit warmer when compared to the overall 20th Century mean. From August of 2007 through February of 2008, the Earth’s mean reading dropped to near the 200-year average temperature of 57 degrees. Since that time, the mean reading has been fluctuating.
We, Cliff Harris and Randy Mann, believe that the warming and even the cooling of global temperatures are the result of long-term climatic cycles, solar activity, sea-surface temperature patterns and more. However, Mankind’s activities of the burning of fossil fuels, massive deforestations, the replacing of grassy surfaces with asphalt and concrete, the ‘Urban Heat Island Effect,’ are making conditions ‘worse’ and this will ultimately enhance the Earth’s warming process down the meteorological roadway in the next several decades.
From the late 1940s through the early 1970s, a climate research organization called the Weather Science Foundation of Crystal Lake, Illinois, determined that the planet’s warm, cold, wet and dry periods were the result of alternating short-term and long-term climatic cycles. These researchers and scientists also concluded that the Earth’s ever-changing climate likewise has influenced global and regional economies, human and animal migrations, science, religion and the arts as well as shifting forms of government and strength of leadership.
Much of this data was based upon thousands of hours of research done by Dr. Raymond H. Wheeler and his associates during the 1930s and 1940s at the University of Kansas. Dr. Wheeler was well-known for his discovery of various climate cycles, including his highly-regarded ‘510-Year Drought Clock’ that he detailed at the end of the ‘Dust Bowl’ era in the late 1930s.
During the early 1970s, our planet was in the midst of a colder and drier weather cycle. Inflationary recessions and oil shortages led to rationing and long gas lines at service stations worldwide. The situation at that time was far worse than it is now, at least for the time being.
The Weather Science Foundation also predicted, based on these various climate cycles, that our planet would turn much warmer and wetter by the early 2000s, resulting in general global prosperity. They also said that we would be seeing at this time widespread weather ‘extremes.’ There’s little doubt that most of their early predictions came true.
Our recent decline in the Earth’s temperature may be a combination of both long-term and short-term climate cycles, decreased solar activity and the development of a strong long-lasting La Nina, the current cooler than normal sea-surface temperature event in the south-central Pacific Ocean. Sunspot activity in the past 18 months has decreased to the lowest levels since ‘The Little Ice Age’ ended in the mid-to late 1800s. This "cool spell," though, may only be a brief interruption to the Earth’s overall warming trend. Only time will tell.
Based on these predictions, it appears that much warmer readings may be expected for Planet Earth, especially by the 2030s, that will eventually top 1998's global highest reading of 58.3 degrees. It’s quite possible we could see an average temperature in the low 60s. Until then, this ‘cooling period’ may last from just a few months to as long as several years, especially if sunspot activity remains very low.
We at Harris-Mann Climatology, www.LongRangeWeather.com, believe that our prolonged cycle of wide weather ‘extremes,’ the worst in at least 1,000 years, will continue and perhaps become even more severe, especially by the mid 2010s. We should see more powerful storms, including major hurricanes and increasing deadly tornadoes. There will likewise be widespread flooding, crop-destroying droughts and freezes and violent weather of all types including ice storms, large-sized hail and torrential downpours.
We are already seeing on virtually every continent an almost Biblical weather scenario of increasing droughts and floods. In both the southwestern and southeastern corners of the U.S, there are severe water shortage problems associated with chronic long-term dryness. In some cases, the water deficits are the worst in at least 400 years.
Dr. Wheeler also discovered that approximately every 102 years, a much warmer and drier climatic cycle affects our planet. The last such ‘warm and dry’ peak occurred in 1936, at the end of the infamous ‘Dust Bowl’ period. During that time, extreme heat and dryness, combined with a multitude of problems during the ‘Great Depression,’ made living conditions practically intolerable.
The next ‘warm and dry’ climatic phase is scheduled to arrive in the early 2030s, probably peaking around 2038. It is expected to produce even hotter and drier weather patterns than we saw during the late 1990s and early 2000s.
But, we should remember, that the Earth’s coldest periods have usually followed excessive warmth. Such was the case when our planet moved from the Medieval Warm Period between 900 and 1300 A.D. to the sudden ‘Little Ice Age,’ which peaked in the 17th Century.
By the end of this 21st Century, a big cool down may occur that could ultimately lead to expanding glaciers worldwide, even in the mid-latitudes. We could possibly see even a new Great Ice Age. Based on long-term climatic data, these major ice ages have recurred about every 11,500 years. Well, you guessed it. The last extensive ice age was approximately 11,500 years ago, so we may be due. Again, only time will tell.
This is really interesting because there was a FReeper on another thread about this in late April I believe who pointed out that the volcano which erupted first is almost always followed by a second, larger eruption.
The first volcano sort of lets off steam, kind of venting a little, but indicative of a more serious situation building up underground which lets go relatively soon afterward.
I’ll try to look it up but don’t know if I’ll have much success.
Earthquakes/tremors near the Eyjafjallajökull volcano very active in the last few hours
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2510474/posts?page=3#3
Who was the Freeper saying that if this one goes, it is time to lay in 1 years emergency food supply? OMG. I’m watching this one closely. So, what if you lay in 1 year’s food and get 1 1/2 years famine. You still starve to death, you just get to have a year of misery first.
Oh. Swell.
If you go to the SpaceWeather.com website, you can navigate to get these same pictures about four times the resolution. (or you can copy the URL of the above pix and remove "_med")