Volcanic super-eruption frequency revised to shorter time

[jim mcnamara]

'The global magnitude-frequency relationship for large explosive volcanic eruptions' by J. Rougier, S. Sparks, K. Cashman, and S. Brown, in Earth and Planetary Science Letters.

(If someone can post a link to at least the abstract that would help)

After analysing a database of geological records dated within the last 100,000 years, a team of scientists from the University of Bristol has discovered the average time between so-called volcanic super-eruptions is actually much less than previously thought.

Popular science version:
http://bristol.ac.uk/news/2017/november/volcanic-super-eruptions.html

The revision makes out the average time much less than what was posted in earlier papers:

... in our paper just published, we re-estimate this range as 5.2 - 48 thousand years, with a best guess value of 17 thousand years.”

Should we worry? Probably not. There are too many other potential major issues facing civilization in the very near term - compared to the geologic timeline. In other words 'A BIG boom is a lesser worry than a long litany of already manifesting problems.' (my down home version)

 

[berkeman]

Should we worry? Probably not. There are too many other potential major issues facing civilization in the very near term - compared to the geologic timeline.

Am I supposed to find this reassuring? 'Cause I'm not.