Nasa’s ambitious plan to save Earth from a supervolcano

Re:Nasa’s ambitious plan to save Earth from a supervolcano by jostmey on Tuesday October 31, 2017 @06:20PM (#15597098)

The volcano erupts every 600,000 years or so. It has been 600,000 years or so since the last eruption. I don't think there's any evidence that it will happen in our lifetime, but it is due to happen soon on the geological timescale

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Re:Nasa’s ambitious plan to save Earth from a supervolcano by lostlogin on Wednesday November 01, 2017 @04:00AM (#15599499)

I live near a few volcanoes on the Pacific rim and I have visited a few more. I’m yet to visit any that aren’t classed as overdue for an eruption. The continual stating of ‘disaster is around the corner’ immunises rather than galvanises most people.

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Re:Nasa’s ambitious plan to save Earth from a supervolcano by KozmoNau7 on Wednesday November 01, 2017 @05:18AM (#15599732)

Every 600,000 years on average. Might be 300,000 years and then 900,000 years. We are talking about big and unpredictable timescales, after all.

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Re:Nasa’s ambitious plan to save Earth from a supervolcano by glenstein on Wednesday November 01, 2017 @09:26AM (#15600903)

Good point, it's potentially extremely overdue, making it a greater cause for worry.

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