We Have a Supervolcano Problem, Again

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We have a potential supervolcano problem again on our hands, although it does not involve Italy's Campi Flegrei volcano or the Yellowstone volcano. Rather, the problem relates to a wider group of volcanoes that are sometimes called supervolcanoes, along with their usage in science communication and news articles. I now believe that the term "supervolcano" is misleading and outdated, and instead should be replaced by a different term which I am calling "large caldera complexes".
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[1] U.S. Geological Survey
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[3] Japanese Meteorological Agency
[4] Amoruso, Antonella & Crescentini, Luca & D'Antonio, M. & Acocella, Valerio. (2017). Thermally-assisted Magma Emplacement Explains Restless Calderas. Scientific Reports. 7. 10.1038/s41598-017-08638-y., CC BY 4.0
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[6] VEIs, dates/years, composition, tephra layer name, DRE estimates, and bulk tephra volume estimates for volcanic eruptions shown in this video which were assigned a VEI 4 or larger are sourced from the LaMEVE database (British Geological Survey © UKRI), www2.bgs.ac.uk/vogripa/view/c..., Used with Permission
[7] Source of Volcanic Explosivity Index (VEI) methodology and criteria: Newhall, C. G., and Self, S. (1982), The volcanic explosivity index (VEI) an estimate of explosive magnitude for historical volcanism, J. Geophys. Res., 87(C2), 1231-1238, doi:10.1029/JC087iC02p01231. Accessed / Read by / geologyhub on Oct 5th, 2022.
0:00 Campi Flegrei
0:58 Calderas
1:33 VEI 7 eruptions
2:43 Definition Creep
5:05 Large Caldera Complex

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Комментарии : 645

@captainhurricane5705 12 дней назад

The media exaggerating? Who would have thought it?

@jimmcintosh9045 12 дней назад

Yes in Meteorolgy, the media has started using the term "weather bomb" which in previous years was just a deep low pressure. To overdramatise events is scaremongering only to get more media coverage.

@robjenstreet 12 дней назад

Media isn’t really talking about it, that’s why I am worried.

@alanbiancardi2531 12 дней назад

@@robjenstreet Stop worrying and live your life.

@robjenstreet 12 дней назад

@@alanbiancardi2531 lmao I live it. But you seem worried otherwise you wouldn’t feel the need to tell me that. Don’t be scared. It’ll all be over soon

@TheDanEdwards 12 дней назад

Maybe the real problem are the ignorant masses.

@rngnv4551 12 дней назад

Definition Creep is a painful thing happening across Science. We should be creating new words to describe the distinctive properties of this very dynamic planet, full stop.

@HoneyBadger80886 12 дней назад

Our flat one? Lol...just kidding 😂

@TurboLoveTrain 11 дней назад

I blame the marketing departments.

@WLK1965 11 дней назад

I agree, just as the NOAA will hardly ever say that an EF5 tornado happened after observing the damage. Partly because of new building codes, possibly.

@lanesaarloos281 11 дней назад

Super storm, super cell, flood,drought, winds,heatdome super vocano,solar stor., or super freeze Those terms sell better than mini skirted bimbos with 38 inchers breathless breaking news announcements

@HoneyBadger80886 11 дней назад

I blame aliens

@diannamoore1522 12 дней назад

The term supervolcano sells...the media likes to overhype these events.

@John-ir2zf 12 дней назад

Exactly... fear sells !

@BeHAppy-re8xu 12 дней назад

Thats true. They actually invented the term and thats why its beeing used so inconsequently.

@PissyKnish 12 дней назад

As does GeologyHub.

@alanbiancardi2531 12 дней назад

@@John-ir2zf True, which is why there are so many new weather terms. Fear sells and people need to stop buying into the fear they are trying to provide

@thomaseden-dy2kk 12 дней назад

They like to over hype any events that don't make sense as well

@emoishguy08 12 дней назад

I love how Mt St Helen’s is a unit of measurement of large volcanoes now

@locomotives9217 12 дней назад

But how many football fields does that add up to???

@rascallhunter 12 дней назад

Or olympic swimming pools…

@Kit-Ballou3664 12 дней назад

I think it's the easiest modern reference since most of us have seen plenty of footage of the event and its aftermath.

@HarrisFam09 12 дней назад

How many African elephants worth of material is that?

@amaneyugihanako-kunofthesi8849 12 дней назад

The Americans will use anything but the Metric System . . . . . . Just kidding, I know Geologyhub also uses Metric values in his videos

@lllFARMERlll 12 дней назад

Thank you for the context, updated info on Campi, and the fact you called yourself out on previous usage of the term Super Volcano. Always look forward to your uploads, which I find concise, honest and exceptionally informative!

@oilerfreak 12 дней назад

I certainly hope your updated classification gets agreed on by peers and gets a foothold within the scientific community.

@tgardenchicken1780 12 дней назад

I echo this comment. The general public does not need to panic.

@RKOuttathebox 12 дней назад

That would be a big sigh of relief.

@rayoflight62 12 дней назад

If you speak with any geologist, they will tell you that the word "SuperVolcano" is not in use in the geologists' community, and is a word used only by journalists.

@thomaswhittingham4666 12 дней назад

Yeah. I would definitely like to see that happen. The term ‘supervolcano’ has long been overused.

@LolUGotBusted 11 дней назад

The scientific community doesn't use the term.

@melodymonger 12 дней назад

You always manage to pack more concentrated information into 5 minutes than most channels do in half an hour, and it's always interesting and engaging. Bravo GeologyHub 👏😃

@guitaringjarmin 12 дней назад

Campi Flegrei isn't a supervolcano, but we'll be super f**ked if that thing went off full balls

@neomiepaquette8130 12 дней назад

the campi flegrei is a supervolcano look it up u will see

@RKOuttathebox 12 дней назад

Your vulgarity is acceptable in this instance.

@sedumzz3289 12 дней назад

@@neomiepaquette8130 It is not. Rewatch the video, or at least, ~ 0:54 and ~ 2:10 . Campi Flegrei does not fit the definition of a supervolcano.

@spinosaurusiii7027 12 дней назад

@@neomiepaquette8130 It's not if going by the original definition, that's literally the point of the video

@Baronstone 12 дней назад

When it erupts, most likely the eruption will be a VEI4 or VEI5. The odds of the event being a VEI 7 is rather small.

@williamschultz4892 12 дней назад

I think this is a good argument. As a relative late-comer to geology, I was always under the impression that "super volcanoes" were like bombs waiting to go off at any minute. I don't think the label adds much except confusion for those of us without a specialist education on the topic.

@Theranthrope 12 дней назад

Both Hawaii and Iceland are also Supervolcanoes, but mid-ocean-plate Supervolcanoes are very different from the more dangerous mid-continental-plate Supervocanoes, like Yellowstone, in that the composition of lava is different and the amount of pressure needed to induce an eruption is on vastly different scale.

@WilliamMurphy-tj7il 11 дней назад

That comes from textbooks written on a comic book level, a inability to read more than one or two sentences and a reliance on social media. One DOESN'T NEED A SPECIALIST DEGREE , just the ability to fully comprehend information. There is very little today different from my science fair project in 68 on volcanoes or my laughing insanely at a paleontologist about swamp dwelling dinos...i asked him if he ever saw a cow stuck in a mud hole, or how many elephants get trapped yearly in mud......hint..they avoid soft ground

@zackakai5173 11 дней назад

Nah, and good on you for having realized that the term is largely media hype. To the extent that it has *any* basis in scientific classification, it's just a colloquial term for a volcano that has produced at least one VEI-8 eruption at some point in its history (which WOULD be quite destructive were it to happen today, don't get me wrong, but not necessarily some kind of world-ending event either). And as the video correctly points out, the fact that a volcano has at some point produced at least one VEI-8 eruption in NO way means that the next eruption will be that large. The Yellowstone complex, for example, has produced quite a few smaller eruptions in addition to the very large ones it's more known for. Remember: a volcano and a volcanic eruption aren't the same thing!

@nortyfiner 12 дней назад

I'm fine with the old "VEI-8 only" definition for "supervolcano". Which as a reminder, humans as we know them have never experienced a VEI-8 eruption, and we probably shouldn't want to.

@Leyrann 11 дней назад

You mean civilization as we know it. Humans as we know them have been around for 200 000 years and have thus experienced multiple supereruptions, including the Taupo eruption just 25000 years ago. (although that one happened in an area that had no humans, but then again, Toba was also just ~75000 years ago, and that area _was_ inhabited)

@Samuel42069 11 дней назад

@@LeyrannToba killed that amount of humans that there were only about 10-20 thousand left after that. And Toba is not biggest supervulcano, there are much bigger ones. Also people have no idea how many vulcanoes and supervulcanoes are left unexplored by humans and can also blow up at any moment - for example in antarctica, if supervulcano blew up in antarctica then it would cause tsunamis that would flatten entire cities and nations. And no vulcano is "extinct" - that is just human concept and it is not real. The definition for "extinct vulcano" is just stupid. Btw there were many cases when "extinct" vulcano blew up.

@nortyfiner 11 дней назад

@@Leyrann Yes, Homo sapiens has been around for 200K-300K years and certainly saw VEI-7 and VEI-8 eruptions in the past, but writing and science didn't come until much later, so there are few records of what they witnessed, and those only within the last few thousand years. The largest eruption humans have witnessed that we have real records of was Tambora's VEI-7 in 1815.

@NoidoDev 10 дней назад

@@Leyrann Update: 300k years.

@NoidoDev 10 дней назад

@@Samuel42069 This seems to be disputed.

@nataliemair3861 12 дней назад

I follow USGS for their monthly Yellowstone updates. The YVO scientist in charge Mike Poland agrees that the term “super volcano” is outdated and incredibly inaccurate. He even made a suggestion of his own a while ago that’s very similar to yours: Caldera Systems. So I think there’s a lot of agreement in the volcanology world about “super volcano” being a bad term, and it’s just the media that’s perpetuating the hysteria. Glad to see you taking accountability and agreeing to make the changes necessary to avoid further panic ❤

@johngrundowski3632 12 дней назад

Good point - refinement of words/ definition, thanks

@NoidoDev 10 дней назад

Is it less precise than "planetary killer". There's no real panic so I don't see any problem, and people need such unscientific terms to understand the gravity.

@maryfreeman3341 12 дней назад

To change your mind because of listening to others, is to grow in your knowledge and wisdom. I don't know enough to follow all the arguments in this case. But I do know enough about Life and existing in a group of professionals you , that changing your mind publicly can be extremely difficult for most people . Yet you have done this professionally accepting your own faults at the same time. And teaching the uneducated, I myself included in this group ( I left education aged 16 a long time ago) I will have to watch and listen to this video again in slow motion to try and understand the technical information and I shall I shall endeavour to only describe volcanoes the way you describe them. Thank you for all your hard work and professionalism in producing these videos.

@tgardenchicken1780 12 дней назад

I appreciate the professor's honesty and humility. He ROCKS! And like you I don't 'get' all the words, but do enjoying learning and stretching my brain.

@MarieJackson-sp3be 11 дней назад

As a geologist, I know that terms need to be defined and then adhered to rigorously. Otherwise confusion reigns. The media will always do what will sell their publication, television show and now internet blogs. They have never been responsible.

@SevereWeatherCenter 12 дней назад

Thank you so much for being on top of this. I really hope your term of LCC will be used in scientific literature when referring to such volcanoes like Kikai and Campi Flegrei

@josephwirtz8352 12 дней назад

Definitions matter, and matter greatly.

@chompers11 12 дней назад

Language is powerful and used to control, look out for doublespeak.

@rikk319 11 дней назад

@@SlevinCCX lol...definitions literally ARE the meaning of words. Yes, they can change, andd always have, as living languages evolve and adapt...not always to the liking of some individuals.

@Kit-Ballou3664 12 дней назад

I really appreciate your clarification especially sharing the 0-9 VEI chart with examples. Getting info from scientists vs media is so much easier to follow. Thank you for educating us.

@whosaidthat5236 12 дней назад

Over a decade ago I watched a great documentary on Santorini’s volcano, and with the way they say the land rose through the sea it had rings or at least one ring. I believe that Santorini is where the Atlantis myth comes from.

@RickMacLennan 12 дней назад

Thank you for the clarification, and showing wisdom in rethinking past opinions. You have shown a good example which more of us should follow. I will, for one.

@shanehebert3237 12 дней назад

I assumed the overuse of the term super-volcano was a media based intentional misuse of the term in order to generate more views.

@KillberZomL4D42494 11 дней назад

Yup, anything that would people view their info. Medias are fear monger, so they'll use it.

@houndjog 12 дней назад

Bless you for tracking this!

@xwiick 12 дней назад

Thanks for all the hard work on these videos! Highly agree too

@timcory4455 11 дней назад

Thanks for the clarification.

@b8nnytez 12 дней назад

If any of them erupt to their maximum extent, Super or not, we as a civilisation will be in a spot of bother, to say the least.

@zenfrodo 11 дней назад

And THIS is the reason I like this channel: factual, accurate info and not media-hyped exaggerations. THANK YOU!

@just_kos99 12 дней назад

This would be a good one to mention that the word "supervolcano" was made up by the BBC, when they did a special about Yellowstone. The actual geological term for one is a "resurgent dome caldera." Would Campi Flegrei be that type of caldera?

@stefaniebraun3319 9 часов назад

It certainly is. At the moment that dome is rising again.

@DianaDeLuna 12 дней назад

I had a feeling this video was going to be about nomenclature. I've noticed the term supervolcano has been creeping out of its VEI 8 lane for years now. Thanks for helping to reign it back. 😏

@gabwood1514 12 дней назад

Thank you for adding captions again!! :D I really super duper appreciate it!!

@robinguertin574 11 дней назад

Thank you, GH.

@DaBlazesUSay 11 дней назад

A very thoughtful video. Unfortunately, people don't respond to thoughtfulness, they respond to emotion, and media companies know this.

@silvercat28 12 дней назад

I'm quietly confident you've called Campi a super volcano.

@silvercat28 12 дней назад

Watches more of the video....ok fair point

@GeologyHub 12 дней назад

This is correct. But I will no longer call it one from this point forward.

@M167A1 12 дней назад

@@GeologyHuboh come on... VEI8 EQUALS SUPER!!!!🎉

@mjolnirswrath23 12 дней назад

So is the caldera Right Smack Dab in the middle of Phoenix, Arizona you call it Camelback mountain...

@filledwithvariousknowledge2747 12 дней назад

@@M167A1Mid to higher end VEI 7’s are one especially if there’s a resurgent dome bulge that has uplift in a big caldera instead of a regrowing cone like Mt Tambora which was a lower end VEI 7 which ripped off the entire cone with it and has partially regrown in a few eruptions since

@Tuishimi 12 дней назад

I hate "popular science". That's why I follow people like you, raptor chatter and a few others because you don't fall into loosely throwing ideas around as fact, and word mincing. And if you make a mistake, you call it out yourself.

@Baronstone 12 дней назад

You can add MSNBC, MSN, Google, and dozens of others to the "Called it a Supervolcano" list. Heck you can even add the Discovery channel to that list.

@kg650ig8 12 дней назад

Agreed GH 🤔. Great topic.

@wtywatoad 12 дней назад

Barney the Dinosaur called it Super Dee Duper Volcano.

@tgardenchicken1780 12 дней назад

I appreciate your rethinking of how you will use this term. That shows true professionalism and honesty. However, if one of the 9 do start getting aggressive, you let the term resurface in your warning. I Live in North America and do keep my eye on Yellowstone, just for my personal awareness. I am so glad I found your channel and have learned so much, thank you.

@jameshatton4405 11 дней назад

We appreciate your correction and addressing of your past usage. This is the best way of addressing things. Respect

@ml.2770 12 дней назад

Maybe it isn't a supervolcano, but it is Superbad and capable of McLovin'.

@nnonotnow 12 дней назад

Super informative 🌋

@BeHAppy-re8xu 12 дней назад

Finally someone who talks about that issue. As working in Volcanology and giving guided tours to the public, I struggle with that from time to time. Normally I do not mention the term Supervolcano if not necessary or brought up by rhe audience. If someone uses it, I generally try to explain it to them, which when done with patience works quite well.

@OneAmongBillions 12 дней назад

Thank you for your precision of thought and expression and efforts to get us all to maintain specificity in technical language. I especially admire your acknowledging your own need to restrict your use of the word.

@joelchristianson5454 11 дней назад

Your knowledge of geology, ability to make this scientific information available to a huge audience and your humility are amazing. If and when I have enough money, I WILL become a Patreon member. 👍🏻

@PNGANIMATES 12 дней назад

Please make a video about the dangerous West Valley Fault/Marikina Valley Fault system that's sitting below manila that endangers millions of people that would be appreciated

@alphax4785 12 дней назад

GH: Buzzard Creek the smallest active volcano. News: Buzzard Creek Ultrahypermegavolcano!

@captainhurricane5705 12 дней назад

Yikes!

@tgardenchicken1780 12 дней назад

lol--then volcano-nado attacking humans everywhere. (Probably to team up with sharknado)

@John-ir2zf 12 дней назад

And the world will end when buzzard creek goes ultra massive automatic and empties its clipazine and blows out lungs across the universe. -cnn report-

@JefferyP.Indorf 12 дней назад

😂😂😂@@tgardenchicken1780

@lavernescarberry9799 11 дней назад

I like this video. Thanks for clarifying the differences.

@aircraftandmore9775 12 дней назад

I think we should call this kind of volcano something like semi Supervolcano since it only had one large eruption.

@rdallas81 12 дней назад

Viagra-volcano

@TheMAXAnswer 6 дней назад

Very good point you make in this video, but unfortunately the one thing common knowledge and common sense have in common is that they're far less common than one would like to think

@snuzulose 12 дней назад

Great idea, I actually prefer that, because I think that it should be the definition of this type of volcano complex.

@Kihsiimawa 10 дней назад

Thank you for this. While it is unlikely the media will cease using "supervolcano" for Campi Flegrei for the forseeable future, one can hope for a shift in the use of LCC for many others to make that definition mainstream.

@user-ps2zr7jp6p 11 дней назад

Very useful summary. Thank you. Cleared some confusion i had fir sure.

@gaius_enceladus 12 дней назад

I think your proposed definitions are excellent! Hopefully they will be widely adopted!

@jennlizzy2019 12 дней назад

Your suggestion is science based. It's an excellent idea.

@robertbate5790 12 дней назад

I agree that super volcano has become greatly overused. Thanks for your attempts to regrade them.

@patmull1 12 дней назад

Thank you! I am always angry when people use it as a clicbyte becasue it creates even more stress and anxiety in our already stressed and anxious society. This is really wise decision and yes, "large caldera complex" seems to me lika a good replacement for that.

@user-wj5co6xb4x 12 дней назад

Thank you appreciate you and I agree

@davidcranstone9044 11 дней назад

GH, thanks for such a logical and sensible discussion, and I agree totally - if we are going to use the term 'supervolcano' we need a clear definition and we need to stick to it, and given the confusion and misuse that has happened over the last few years it is probably best to abandon it.

@aksamoyed907 12 дней назад

Just my opinion, but I feel like the general public has no concept of what super volcano really means and instead conflates the potential massive death toll and property destruction in a very populated area with a large eruption vs say, a Mount St Helen’s eruption.

@ajourney50 12 дней назад

I am old enough to remember when Mount St. Helen erupted. It affected our weather in Ontario Canada for the entire summer. No volcano should be unestimated on how it could affect us.

@HoneyBadger80886 12 дней назад

Affected me in San Diego CA

@yah5690 12 дней назад

Watch the full video before you call out GH for calling Campi Flegeri a Supervolcano

@myladysigyn 11 дней назад

Large caldera complex is a far more accurate and understandable definition imo. Especially to laymen such as my self. Also far less scary sounding. I grew up in a large caldera complex and it's very much a regional actively volcanic landscape rather than a sitting time bomb that "supervolcano" seems to imply.

@jiks270 12 дней назад

Well said.

@srjwaugh 11 дней назад

Finally, someone with actual common sense has addressed this issue. I can't tell you how many channels I have blocked because of their use of the term 'super volcano'

@mlb4062 12 дней назад

Thank you. I agree with your idea to change the name so that people without a science background can better understand geologic forces. On a different note, people may "flock" to dangerous supposed predicaments that are sensational and stimulating to assuage their own problems or to just entertain their curiosity.

@erinmac4750 12 дней назад

Bravo! You've coined a useful, objective term for the science community and others to use that limits confusion and conflation. I'm definitely using and sharing. Now, we need to get the weather service to fix the terminology for tornadoes. Every time I hear that it's a PDS tornado, "Particularly Dangerous Situation," I think "pretty darn scary." Which is true, but they need something more scientifically objective in my opinion. "LCC," we saw it hear first. 💚✊

@JustBob-sw4rf 11 дней назад

Great to hear someone wanting to stick to concise application of scientific terminology.

@jamesleatherwood5125 12 дней назад

Wow! I can totally hear the frustration in your voice!. Lol

@RaymondErdey 9 дней назад

Thank you for the info.

@aaronsterlind6334 10 дней назад

LCC is a good term, I like it, I'll use it as I understand the 1000 cubic KM tephra term but somewhat did purposely use the term Super Volcano when discussing Large Caldera Complex complete eruption and collapse. Although I always point out that these, what we're now calling LCCs, and truly Super Volcanoes often erupt with only single vent small eruptions, many times often before a full eruption and caldera collapse occurs.

@LadyHeathersLair 12 дней назад

Thank you. I needed that.

@ManiacRacing 12 дней назад

Humans manipulate language as needed to promote specific ideas. You are just doing the same thing to promote your channel, if involuntarily. Being aware of a behavior is the first step to modifying it. Kudos for being self aware enough to catch yourself.

@DeborahRosen99 5 дней назад

Campi Flegrei may not be a "supervolcano" in the technical sense, but a convincing case can and has been built that a massive ancient eruption of that complex during the Ice Age was the final nail in the collective coffin for the last surviving populations of Neanderthals. Ash from that eruption has been found in thick bands as far east as Bulgaria.

@patormsby9441 11 дней назад

I love your explanations, and you have the confidence + modesty to admit a mistake. Good information.

@philipallard8026 12 дней назад

When I think of Yellowstone I am more interested in the idea that it is the current location of a hot spot or upwelling mantle than plume. Hawaii and Iceland are similar in that sense although eruptions there are generally contained. So I’m onboard with your suggested terminology change.

@labaccident2010 12 дней назад

This is very interesting.

@uhadonejob 12 дней назад

That video was super.

@paulmicks7097 12 дней назад

Thank you for this topic

@tdw5933 12 дней назад

I'm a mechanical person,and you behave mechanically and with logic,that's why I block all other volcanologist news,even Nova and National Geographic seems watered-down compared to your fine daily concise presentation, WELL DONE!

@michaeldeierhoi4096 12 дней назад

Try Shawn Wilsey's channel as he is somewhat mechanical, but very evidence based and thus logical. He also tends to be more inclusive in the narrative in his videos.

@tdw5933 12 дней назад

@@michaeldeierhoi4096 once you taste turkey it's hard to go back to tripe.

@youtubeuser6067 11 дней назад

It would be good to indicate on a globe which are - 1. the extant Super volcanoes 2. Of those, which are the ones that have a probability of a catastrophic eruption within the next 20 years.

@paulcoverdale8312 11 дней назад

Thankyou for straightening this out.🙏🙏👍👍🇬🇧🇬🇧🌋🌋

@katgrey6239 11 дней назад

Although I'm not highly educated on volcanoes, I do think they all have the potential to destroy life! The awareness you bring to your viewers helps in preparation for such a disaster! Remember, nature is predictably unpredictable!!

@dula4552 11 дней назад

Nice conclusion! Totally agree! 😎

@lostvisitor 11 дней назад

Thank you for putting some reality into this subject.

@justsayin1958 12 дней назад

Have you submitted a paper to the geology groups worldwide to have a re-designation of the volcanic eruption description and naming? Just curious if you have garnered support from your peers.

@lizstratton9689 11 дней назад

Does the rise in sea levels and the water table effect the weight on the sea bed / mountains and hence the volume of pressure on volcanoes?

@kimkennedy3524 11 дней назад

Great info, thanks

@manininikolas9310 11 дней назад

Thank you for this point but what do you think about his actual activities?

@andrewclayton4181 12 дней назад

The term is being linked to how much damage would occur, rather than being limited to a numerical value. A new definition is required for these middle rankers, but the media are going to want a pithy term to stick in the headlines.

@mikeharrington5593 11 дней назад

Appropriate clarification.

@Nylon_riot 12 дней назад

Thank you for covering this. The amount of scientific nonsense in the "news" is out of control.

@RStout59 12 дней назад

Your suggestion and reasoning are sound. While I hope that change happens, I'm not confident. As a fellow scientist, exaggeration not only sells in popular media but in science itself. I read grants regularly where the problem is exaggerated in order to get money for the research of interest.

@jimthain8777 11 дней назад

LLC Large Caldera Complex, sounds very desrcriptive, and makes that nice "LLC". Hopefully others pick up on it and use it instead of that "other term".

@Hailstorm273 11 дней назад

I’m going to try using your term now. Large Caldera Complex fits a lot better.

@bassplayersayer 12 дней назад

It takes a big man to admit He miss used the term "Super" volcano. Thank You. Rock on!!!!!!!

@Trassik 12 дней назад

Good on keeping the terms clear. We should come up with a term for volcanoes like Campi Flegrei then, a human definition, that denotes volcanoes that could easily produce large eruptions and yet are surrounded by human habitation within obviously suicidal distances. Ambivalent volcano? Suicide Volcano? City Killer Volcano?

@yinyangphoenix 11 дней назад

Huh. The loudest sound ever heard was only a VEI 6.

@nebekoronius5739 11 дней назад

I grew up a very short distance from the Valles Caldera in New Mexico. That photo you see a 4:45 is a picture taken inside the caldera. The mountains in the distance make up part of the rim and are even behind the photographer, as the caldera is 14 miles wide. I spent a lot of time hiking, camping, and even cliff diving in that caldera. Beautiful place!

@vixtex 9 дней назад

Thank you! This channel is a voice of reason and critical thinking 🌎

@dhickey5919 11 дней назад

Thank you, Geo. I'm not sure how many people use legacy media outlets to focus on scientific accuracy. We have to look hard to find integrity which is why we're here on your channel.

@HH....... 12 дней назад

Very informative content thank you 😊

@mistypuffs 10 дней назад

I hope the term catches on, I like it

@JackMellor498 12 дней назад

Cheers for the great content, off to Greece tomorrow with family for a week’s vacation in Rhodes. Booked a boat trip on Weds, to the island of Nisyros, it’ll be my first time hiking around a volcano. Very excited. I’ll remember of course to stay safe, but out of interest, what volcanic rock does it erupt, what does its volcanic rock look like to the eye so I know what I’m looking at and not just starring aimlessly and not knowing what I’m looking at?

@AMightyStorm 10 дней назад

That scale example of the 700 something Mt. St. Helens eruptions occurring simultaneously just gave me chills I hope to all the gods that this never happens in our lifetime