“Around 2:30 a.m. local time on Monday, April 18, 2016, giant Popocatépetl volcano – Mexico’s most active volcano – erupted again in an especially explosive way. The videos on this page show the eruption, which spewed ash 2 miles (3 km) into the sky, and hurled hot rocks and lava upward. The ash began drifting to the east.”
@ http://earthsky.org/earth/popocatepetl-volcano-mexico-eruption-april-2016
The eruption was beautiful but not very strong.
By the size of the plume I believe it was a VEI 2-3.
We need a VEI-5-7 to have some sizable effect on climate.
I’m expecting that to happen due to the extended solar minimum we’re entering now.
Pinatubo is almost 30 years in the past already; a new large one *could happen*.
Around 8.5 million people live at the bottom of that.
Pyroclastic flow, anyone?
“Around 2:30 a.m. local time on Monday, April 18, 2016, giant Popocatépetl volcano – Mexico’s most active volcano – erupted again in an especially explosive way. The videos on this page show the eruption, which spewed ash 2 miles (3 km) into the sky, and hurled hot rocks and lava upward. The ash began drifting to the east.”
@ http://earthsky.org/earth/popocatepetl-volcano-mexico-eruption-april-2016
The eruption was beautiful but not very strong.
By the size of the plume I believe it was a VEI 2-3.
We need a VEI-5-7 to have some sizable effect on climate.
I’m expecting that to happen due to the extended solar minimum we’re entering now.
Pinatubo is almost 30 years in the past already; a new large one *could happen*.