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Large, sudden eruption at Chile's Calbuco volcano


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Just happened near Puerto Montt, Chile; 250,000 people live within 35 km so tons of jaw dropping pics and video all over the place; here's one:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=juwtnTB1RCU

it's a very active volcano but hasn't erupted since 1972....a lot of VEI 4 and a few 5s in its history, basically Mount St. Helens-ish but not the type to have global climate effects.

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(Hope it shows up tried this AM (in case its a repeat and was moved elsewhere, my apology) but saw nothing so i logged out. For some reason (i know i'm on 56k so its molasses sah-low) but it took 20mins just to load the forum topics page.

CREDIT:: NOAA, University of Washington
Sat Type:: Water Vapour
D&T:: upper left corner of anigif

Chile_s_Calbuco_volcano_erupts_Water_Vap

MAP (CREDIT on image) Chile_s_Calbuco_volcano_on_map.jpg

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How much suspended particulate matter will this volcano eject into the atmosphere versus the measurements for what mankind is putting into the atmosphere?

 

I don't know about all the different particulates, but land and sea volcanoes combined release a total of about 200 million tons of CO2 annually.  Humans release around 27 billion tons, so humans release orders of magnitude more.  A small eruption like this isn't likely to change that ratio much for this year.  I'm not sure about sulfer dioxide, etc.

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