Scientists warn of impending volcanic eruption that humanity is not prepared for

Earth faces a one-in-six chance of experiencing a massive volcanic eruption this century, scientists warn, and 'humanity has no plan to address it.' Such an event, according to climate professor Dr. Markus Stoffel, could trigger 'climate chaos' similar to the 1815 eruption of Indonesia's Mount Tambora. Volcanologist Dr. Thomas Aubry's research suggests that a hotter, more turbulent atmosphere would spread sulfur dioxide gas—and the cooling sulfate aerosols it forms—more quickly, intensifying the cooling effect. Earth has a one-in-six chance of an even more massive volcanic eruption this century, scientists warn This coming tectonic event, said climate professor Dr Markus Stoffel, will 'cause climate chaos' reminiscent of the 1815 eruption of Indonesia's Mount Tambora. These measurements suggest that several volcanic eruptions in the past several thousand years temporarily cooled the planet by about 1 to 1.5 degrees Celsius Above, an illustration of the massive 1815 Mount Tambora volcano eruption The epic 1815 Tambora eruption, for example, dropped the average global temperature by about 1 degree Celsius.