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Volcano forecasts could soon be a reality, thanks to AI
I'm not a fan of A.I, but it does have it's upside
I'm not a fan of A.I, but it does have it's upside
Volcano forecasts soon to be reality! RUNNNNNNNNN
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I know there have been some experiments done with releasing the stress on transverse plate tectonic zones such as in California. Typically these involve small detonations to release the tension. But I do wonder if perhaps science isn't helpless by something as immense as a super-volcano and attendant "hot spot" beneath. it's not like one can simply lance the earth and release the magma safely, right?
Yellowstone 'supervolcano' eruption would be catastrophic, NYT op-ed says
The Federal Aviation Administration spends more than $7 billion each year on aviation safety compared to $22 million on volcano programs, “even though supervolcanoes, viewed over the longest of the long term, will kill far more people than plane crashes,” he writes.
Walsh closes by saying that we have the power to help prevent these catastrophic disasters but "because we remain confined to the brief human time horizons of our own experience, we treat them as unreal. In doing so, we leave ourselves vulnerable to what we can't imagine."
Yellowstone 'supervolcano' eruption would be catastrophic, NYT op-ed says
The Federal Aviation Administration spends more than $7 billion each year on aviation safety compared to $22 million on volcano programs, “even though supervolcanoes, viewed over the longest of the long term, will kill far more people than plane crashes,” he writes.
Walsh closes by saying that we have the power to help prevent these catastrophic disasters but "because we remain confined to the brief human time horizons of our own experience, we treat them as unreal. In doing so, we leave ourselves vulnerable to what we can't imagine."
