Mount Etna Volcano

People shouldn't live near volcanoes because they are very dangerous and could erupt at anytime causing pyroclastic flows, lahars, and landslides. The volcano eruption in Tambora, Indonesia, in 1815, killed around 92,000 people due to these events that happen when a volcano erupts.

There are many towns living on the side of the volcano including Sicily,Paterno, Catania, etc. The body of water closest to it is the very Mediterranean Sea. If this volcano were to erupt again, most towns would be wiped out and they would also lose all of their vegetation.

Volcanic eruptions can be disastrous and deadly. It is, therefore, important to look back at prior eruptions and compare them to present eruptions in order to draw conclusions on what could be done to mitigate loss of life and destruction. The eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD on Pompeii and surrounding areas proved to be catastrophic because of the location of the volcano and especially since citizens were not aware that an active volcano was in their midst. By examining the series of events that took place at Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD and comparing them to the impacts and forecasting of present day volcanism, one could draw better conclusions

The Mount Pinatubo eruption in 1991 is an example of a tectonic hazard. The response to this hazard will be different to the response in Iceland to the Mount Pelee eruption. The human responses to tectonic hazards are affected by several different factors: the income level of the location, the frequency, the magnitude, the population density of the area the hazard takes place and the type of hazard itself. This report is going to examine a range of tectonic hazards and the human responses to them. A response could be the level of planning for such hazard, aid after the disaster, or the relief given or purely doing

Humans don’t have a big impact on Mount Etna, People only effect Mount Etna by documenting it and keeping track of what is happing around the volcano and monitoring it to prepare for the eruption. People’s houses and infrastructure can be damaged. For example an eruption of Mount Etna in 1928 destroyed the village of Mascali with the lava destroying nearly every building. This can leave people homeless.

My report is over Mount Bromo. “Mt. Bromo volcano in East Java is the active cone inside the giant Tengger caldera, one of Indonesia's most scenic locations destination in East Java, famous for its magnificent sunrise views and the panorama over the caldera with Semeru volcano in the background” (Volcano Discovery). The first known and confirmed eruption of Mt. Bromo was within 50 years of 1590 AD. The second confirmed eruption was September 1804. The third known and confirmed eruption of my volcano was April 5, 1815. The most recent time it erupted was on November 12, 2015. The second most recent time it erupted was November 26, 2010. Finally, the third most recent eruption was on June 8, 2004.

I attended the keynote lecture by Dr. Brennan Jordan. Jordan based his lecture on his time in Iceland performing various research projects. His presentation took place at 3:30 pm in the Muenster University Center’s Ballroom on Thursday, April 6th. Jordan has been to Iceland several times for a variety of reasons. He first began his trips to Iceland in 2000 and has been back several times due to his overwhelming first experience. He has done a lot of work with National Science Foundation(NSF) in the past. Currently, his trips to Iceland cover an Iceland Volcanology Field Camp. The field camp is put on through South Dakota School of Mines and Technology. Brennan talked about various things throughout his lecture including Iceland’s geology, volcanic

How many volcanoes are going off right now? What are these volcanoes doing to the environment and to the people? So, how do volcanoes shape the earth? Volcanoes can be harming but, what most people don’t know is, they can be helpful too. One way they can be helpful is because they put off certain minerals in the ground that can help plants grow faster and better because, it enriches the soil over time. Another, instance in which they are helpful is because, they put so much nutrient in the soil they provide a safe haven for rare plants and animals after they have erupted and cooled. One, instance they can be harmful in though is because of how much of them may be going off at once. There are many ways that volcanoes help to shape the earth.

People live on volcanoes because there are many minerals. They are found inside of the hardened rocks formed by lava. People come by the volcanoes to mine these minerals to collect or sell to make a profit. Volcanoes are one of the best places in the world to mine for minerals.

Natural disasters are as the name suggests, disastrous. Some can erase entire cities and kill many. For example, volcanoes can bury cities in molten lava and many are lucky to escape one’s eruptions. Also, avalanches, normally caused by the weight of people in the mountains, are almost unsurvivable and reduce mountainous cities to rubble. The Eruption of MT. VESUVIUS illustrates how destructive and terrifying the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius was to those who survived. The article details that the volcano was showing signs of eruptions, but the people of pompeii didn’t know what these signs meant. During the eruption, some people ran while some people stood behind, hoping this nightmare would end. Unfortunately, The majority of the people

I chose the eruption of Mont Pelee in Martinique in 1902, to discuss this week. This volcano is a stratovolcano that began to release pyroclastic flows in the early months of 1902, shortly after the eruptions began it was evident that a larger eruption was imminent. In preparation for this eruption, the town of about 25,000 people began to evacuate in groups of about 300 a day to a nearby town called St. Pierre. On 5 May, a larger eruption occurred which caused further anxiety, but the Governor of the area was concerned with an upcoming election on 10 May, so he used his power to prevent people from leaving the area, which resulted in everyone left in the town (Abbott.) The VEI of the eruption is assessed to be a VEI of 4. In the case of this

Tortas is the first type of lava dome. It received it’s name for resembling a cake named “tortas”. This dome is common worldwide but is mainly found in the Andes mountains of South America. It’s typically has the appearance of being flat topped and roughly circled. Unlike the other four lava domes, this dome erupts on flat ground and causes lava to spread outwards at a low range. A tortas’s diameter ranges from a kilometer to a few meters. These domes are also

I am from Sicily, an island in the Mediterranean Sea, and also in the Tyrrhenian Sea, between Europa and Africa plate boundary. It links the African Maghreb ides with the Southern Apennines across Calabria, Italy. In Sicily you can find the highest and most active volcano of Europe, Mount Etna, Catania. Its elevation is 3.330 m. (10,925 ft.), it’s a Stratovolcano, which means that its volcanic cone is formed by layers of lava flows and pyroclastic, or composite cone.

Regardless of how or why the eruption occurs there is no denying that volcanic eruptions have and will continue to impact society. These impacts are important to study as they can have long-lasting effects on society, not only on a local level but also globally as well. The impacts of volcanic eruptions are both positive and negative, albeit more negative as demonstrated in the decline in the productivity of human affairs and the decrease in the optimum environmental conditions versus how individuals capitalize on the aftereffects of volcanic eruptions and the benefit to the

In 2001 the Mount Etna eruption had cost the lives of thousands of people. Just near the boarders of Sicily, Italy the Mount Etna volcano reigns as the most active volcano in Europe. Due to the many tectonic movements which were stressing out the top layer of crust, which is present on the Earth, the Mount Etna volcano was born.