The Supervolcanoes Scientists Say We Should Be Paying Attention To

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  @AstrumEarth · 1 year ago · pinned

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  @danharrison6381 · 1 year ago

  I love that you didn&apos;t even try to pronounce Eyjafjallajökull. &quot;...You&apos;ll see its name right here on the screen&quot;. Can&apos;t blame you for that one!

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  @NZHazard · 1 year ago

  As an NZer and a former geologist who studied many of our large volcanoes, it is refreshing to see a documentary that is factual, to the point, and delivered in a way that a casual audience can understand it. The best part is provides volcanic examples from other areas of the world, other than from the US and Europe. <br><br>Yellowstone has only erupted 6 times in its history, but Taupo has erupted 26 times and ejected the same amount of material as Yellowstone.

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  @Tuhoeterra · 1 year ago

  As a kiwi your bang on pronunciation of Taupo warms my heart.

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  @CharlieB-NZ · 1 year ago

  As a Kiwi, hearing you pronounce Taupō correctly really meant a lot. It’s a small thing, but it shows real respect. Ngā mihi nui (with great thanks) from Aotearoa, New Zealand.

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  @sophroniel · 1 year ago

  So uh.... My dad&apos;s a vulcanologist here in NZ. He mapped the volcanic cones of banks penninsula for his PhD, and I grew up being terrified of super volcanoes and that our city, Christchurch, was overdue for a catastrophic earthquake. There was only one part of the city where he&apos;d let us live as he said liquefaction would be a major problem in an earthquake, so we had to live on the bedrock of the northwest of the city. <br><br>Lo and behold, in 2010 and then 22 Feb 2011, EVERYTHING he said about christchurch being overdue for a catastrophic earthquake happened. I was still in school and you bet this was terrifying. Even as a 32 year old adult I sometimes have nightmares about catastrophic supervolcanoes in the north island destroying much of the country and our family who lives up there 😢

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  @nzsaltflatsracer8054 · 1 year ago

  Boy can I sure pick em!:face-turquoise-covering-eyes: I grew up 100 miles from Taupo, now I live 100 miles from Yellowstone. :face-orange-biting-nails:

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  @StarTrek4Life · 1 year ago

  This reminds me of the old History Channel. A network that used to produce really interesting and educational content. Nowadays, its just Ancient Aliens. Astrum Earth is considerably some of the best quality content I have seen on YouTube.

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  @xystoblivion6529 · 1 year ago

  As a prospective volcanologist, I am so glad you didn’t needlessly fear monger about these volcanoes like I see in most other videos or so called documentaries on the subject. Y’all did your research

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  @GrimLock666 · 1 year ago

  I studied volcanology in New Zealand amd we do see some evidence of the Taupo eruption in the rock record. It&apos;s pretty amazing stuff. A man from one of the local Iwi took us to a spot where you could pull charcoal branches from this rock wall of pyroclastic material. We had a BBQ on super volcano charcoals it was unreal.

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  @kristinb5121 · 1 year ago (edited)

  I was in Portland for the St Helens eruption, and while the magma is of interest to distant viewers, and the flow deadly to those near the volcano at the time, the outcome that lingers days and days is the ash. &nbsp;It&apos;s terrible and gets everywhere including your lungs. No one had masks at that time. <br>For someone who hasn&apos;t lived through it, it&apos;s like powdery snow that doesn&apos;t melt. The slightest movement will stir up a cloud. If it gets wet it will collapse roofs, but you can&apos;t use windshield wipers or it will scratch the glass. You will track it everywhere because it sticks to your clothes.

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  @ethancarparker · 1 year ago

  I gotta say, your Māori pronunciation is on point

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