Volcano

that a volcano can affect: soil, air, and the climate. How do volcanoes affect people and their environments? In some cases living by a volcano would be bad because of what it could cause. Living close to the vent of a volcano can be a dangerous hazard because the vent releases gases that could cause health problems. It is undetermined when a volcano will erupt. About 60 volcanoes are known to erupt each year. (Simkim and Siebert 59) You would want to be a safe distance away from a volcano if…

Zachary Campanelli Gsci-131 Final Paper Mount Tambora is a volcano located on the northern coast of Sumbawa Island, Indonesia. The volcanic eruption in April 1815 is the largest recorded eruption in history. Mount Tambora forms the 60 kilometer long Sanggar Peninsula, previously standing at a height of approximately 5000 meters high. After the eruption, the volcano lost most of it’s top, now standing at 2,851 meters. Today the volcano still remains active. Smaller eruptions have taken place in…

Mt. Fuji is a Basaltic Stratovolcano. This volcano was “Born” from the base of Mt. Komitake about 100,000 years ago. The volcano that is today was formed over 2 generations of volcanic activity turning the “old” Mt. Fuji into the “new” Mt. Fuji. In 1707 was has been the latest eruption, or at least until now. In the 1707 there was an Edo Period, is caused an explosive eruption that created the Hoei crater and volcanic ash formed a vast volcanic plane to the eastern side of the mountain. Since…

June 15th, 2016 Sabancaya The volcano I choose to write about is none other than the Sabancaya volcano. It is located in the Andes mountains in Peru. This particular volcano is a stratovolcano part of a collection of three glacially covered volcanoes. The elevation of the Sabancaya volcano is 5967 meters high and it is the smallest of the three, however, it happens to be the most active. Volcanic ash and gases are the products of the aforementioned volcano in the various eruptions that have…

unable to provide oxygen witch ment their was no reason and life could of sustained on the planet. Body 3 Many many centuries ago the dinosaurs became extinct, with no precise explanation there are a few theories that have evolved. Years ago a volcano in India exploded ! Letting out unwanted gas into the atmosphere. With so much gas in the atmosphere a thick dust layer formed around the planet. The planet was broken down and it stayed that way for years. The Large amount of dust in the…

Vesuvius is the most famous known volcano, possibly of all time. This extremely powerful volcano sits overlooking the ancient city of Pompeii and present day Naples. Its namely recognition is normally dedicated to the eruption in 79 A.D. This eruption was the explosion that destroyed the ancient city of Pompeii in Italy. The last Vesuvius eruption was in 1944 and it is believed that the volcano is due for another eruption in the near future. Vesuvius is the only active volcano in all of mainland…

and rocks leading to settlements being buried under the debris. Volcanoes also lead to lava flows and ash-and-gas explosions which damage and destroy many settlements/towns around the volcano. In worst case scenarios, eruptions of volcanoes lead to death of people and wildlife. Therefore we can deduct that a volcano is a geographical problem in society due to its impact on areas. Location: Mount Vesuvius is situated in mainland Europe. Mount Vesuvius is located on the west coast of Italy and it…

from the volcano or the chemical in the water caused by volcanic ash in the animal’s water source. Mount Vesuvius had a major effect on vegetation because it left an entire region as a desert wasteland, any plant that had an encounter with lava had died straight away, through other plants died from volcanic ash that was ejected from the volcano or the gases that came out of Mount Vesuvius made acid rain destroying anything else that was left, the toxic gases that were released from the volcano…

Just 62 km. off the eastern coast of Tonga, an underwater volcanic eruption of the volcano Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai caused an island to form. Located in the South Pacific, this landmass has the lat/long. - 20.570/-175.380, according to LANDSAT. Climate in this region is tropical year round. Weather from November all the way to April is “a hotter more humid period” according to, The South Pacific Organizer, with an average temperature of 33 degrees Celsius (91 Fahrenheit). On the contrary, the…

Mount Cleveland is the most active volcano in the Aleutian Arc. Mount Cleveland is primarily hazardous to aircraft; due to the fact that many flights over the North Pacific near the vicinity of the volcano. Volcanic ash released during eruptions can damage sensitive electronic equipment and sensors on aircraft. On June 19, 2012, a plane reported an ash-producing explosion on Mount Cleveland. Due to continuing volcanic activity, the volcano was placed on the Volcano Watch List in the orange or…