So, where do they think are possible sites for the next VEI-7?:
The researchers already have a long list of candidate volcanoes that might be capable of a VEI-7 blast. They include Taupo in New Zealand, site of the world’s last VEI-8 eruption — 26,500 years ago — and Iran’s Mount Damavand, which lies just 50 kilometres from Tehran.Well, we Australians don't want Taupo blowing: it's last eruption was a VEI-7 around 200AD, but fortunately Maori folk hadn't reached the islands at that time. [Is there nothing in aboriginal folklore that has been theorised as being sourced from that event? Let me Google it - nope, nothing comes up in my first attempt.]
But Mount Damavand? Just 50km from Tehran? Let's see where that is on a map:
Look, it's a bit of a dramatic solution, but a big sprinkling of ash in a 1,000 radius would give the locals something else to think about for a good few years.
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