Future Iceland Eruptions Could Be Deadly for Europe
20th September 2011
What if one of the largest volcanic eruptions in recent history happened today? A new study suggests that a blast akin to one that devastated Iceland in the 1780s would waft noxious gases southwestward and kill tens of thousands of people in Europe. And in a modern world that is intimately connected by air traffic and international trade, economic activity across much of Europe, including the production and import of food, could plummet.
Sucks to be them.
September 20th, 2011 at 12:48
Not to worry; we have our own disaster in the offing. A long-runout landslide from the Azores would bury the Eastern seabord under 40 feet of water, our very own version of the Christmas tsunami in Southeast Asia. Plus there’s always the earthquake/tsunami combination that hit the Pacific Northwest, and the New Madrid fault in the midwest, and the hotspot that lies under Yellowstone…
That Damocles guy’s been busy hanging swords everywhere.