Mount fuji, located in the south of honshu island in japan, is a famous active volcano, with an altitude of about 3,775 metres, and is the highest peak in japan, so it has a very important symbolic status in japan. From the viewpoint of its appearance, mount fuji is still quite different from many other mountains, and when viewed from afar, it looks like an upside down fan hanging in the air.
The highest mountain in japan, mount fuji has a crater about 800 metres in diameter and 200 metres deep, which looks like a lotus flower in bloom when viewed from high above. It looks like such a magnificent mountain, but mt fuji is an active volcano that has been recorded as having erupted more than a dozen times, most recently in 1707, and has been 'dormant' for more than 300 years - will it still erupt? If this volcano were to erupt, what would be the impact on the planet and would it lead to the sixth mass extinction event on earth?
Mount fuji or eruption?
I believe everyone knows that the impact of volcanic eruption on the environment is relatively large. Is Mount Fuji erupting? This is also the issue that many friends pay more attention to. Of course, at present, there is no evidence to prove that Mount Fuji is about to erupt, but Japan is getting ready. What's the matter?
Now the japanese police department has started to make full preparations for a possible eruption of mt fuji, they will buy dust masks to distribute to local police departments, the police department believes that if a volcanic eruption of mt fuji does occur, those ash will not only land in the area near mt fuji, but may also drift to the tokyo metropolitan area.
There is a reason for this local concern and some advance preparation, as there have been constant reports of some activity on mt fuji over the years, but it does not mean that mt fuji is about to erupt and people need not worry. After checking, researchers have found that the volcanic activity on mount fuji is still stable and there is no tendency for an imminent eruption for the time being. The reason why the japan police agency is doing some preparations, but not because of an imminent eruption of mount fuji, is that they are updating their disaster preparedness plans for a possible eruption of mount fuji.
What happens if mount fuji erupts?
As with other volcanoes, if mount fuji's volcano does erupt, the impact on the surrounding environment will certainly be more significant. The last eruption of mount fuji took place 315 years ago, in 1707, when the volcano continued to erupt for 16 days, releasing ash that covered thousands of square kilometres of the surrounding area, with the sun barely visible even in the present-day tokyo area and the smell of sulphur and fire in the air. Although that eruption had a relatively large impact on many areas of japan, scientists believe that the eruption of this volcano was not enough to affect the entire climatic environment of the planet, and the direct impact on our country may not be very great.
Such a "Strong eruption" Would release large quantities of sulphur-containing gases into the atmosphere, where they would undergo a series of chemical reactions to form sulphide aerosols, which would mix with water vapour to form volcanic clouds. These aerosols, when mixed with water vapour, form volcanic clouds, which may affect the cooling and rainfall in china by means of atmospheric circulation. In other words, these aerosols mixed with water vapour to form volcanic clouds will block solar radiation, leading to cooling in some areas, and if there is sufficient water vapour in the atmosphere, there may be heavy rainfall. However, in order to affect very distant areas, such as our own china, then the index of the eruption of mount fuji would need to reach a certain level and the actual impact would still need to be determined by the actual eruption.
A sixth mass extinction likely to occur?
There have been many mass extinction events in the history of the earth, some of which may be linked to asteroid impacts on the earth, and some mass extinction events which may be linked to super volcanic eruptions or other catastrophes. There are now concerns that mount fuji may erupt. If a series of volcanic eruptions do occur, could the sixth mass extinction event on earth occur? A sixth mass extinction is indeed possible if a series of super volcanoes erupts, as similar situations have occurred in the history of the earth.
Some scientists have found in their research that the rise of the dinosaurs may have had a lot to do with a series of volcanic eruptions about 230 million years ago. This is because at that time the earth saw a series of large volcanic eruptions that spewed out huge amounts of carbon dioxide, making the earth's greenhouse effect more pronounced and warmer. The evaporation of liquid water from the rivers, lakes and seas was also very high at this time, and there was a lot of water vapour in the atmosphere. With the evaporation of a lot of water vapour into the atmosphere, the greenhouse effect of the earth became even stronger, and eventually the earth had a rainstorm that lasted for 2 million years. The rise of the dinosaurs.
Of course, the earth is not currently subject to such massive super-volcanic eruptions, but that does not mean it is safe. Because with the development of human society, the warming of the earth's climate is already a trend and the earth's temperature is always rising. Moreover, under the influence of human beings, the number of many of the earth's creatures has plummeted and their habitats have been destroyed, and many species are on the verge of extinction, so there are some people who fear that the earth may actually experience a sixth mass extinction event in the future, and the culprit is us humans ourselves.
