Italy established a committee for monitoring volcanoes under the sea

The Italian government has signed a special decree on the establishment of an international scientific committee to study and monitor marine volcanoes in the country.

With this move, Italy has become the first country in the world to set up an agency to monitor the activities of undersea volcanoes.

Volcano in the sea - Photo: freakingnews.com

According to Guido Bertolaso, head of the Italian Civil Defense Agency, their goal is to assess the risk of undersea volcanoes in Italy, with a particular focus on controlling the activities of 12 undersea volcanoes' unseen 'located between the Tyrrhenian Sea and the Sicily Canal.

Mr. Bertolaso ​​warned of undersea volcanoes than terrestrial volcanoes because it was difficult to track them. The most dangerous of these must be the volcano Vesuvius (when erupting, it will affect millions of people living in the area), the volcano Stromboli, Etna - all in Naples; and volcanoes in Ischia - recently 'grew up' 800m with pure magma inside.

There is also Marsilio volcano, which has a surface of 50x20 km, is the largest active volcano in the world. 'But we don't know anything about it,' admitted Bertolaso.

According to Bertolaso, in order to serve volcanic surveillance, it is necessary to create an accurate sea map as possible. For this, there are 4 big ships with the amount of 10 million euros and about 3 years.

Source: Xinhua