The danger of a hidden killer

Super volcanic hidden for many years can wake up one day, bringing catastrophic destruction to millions of people in Italy.

In the old days, Campi Flegrei was no different from the door of hell that was half-closed. Located along the Bay of Naples, not far from the ancient city that destroyed Pompeii, where thousands of people were frozen forever in the horrifying form of facing death in 79, is the 'super volcano' being Warnings can rise and destroy millions of people. Campi Flegrei is currently a destination for many tourists, curious people to see firsthand the sulfur gas injection holes and the hot boiled mud. However, this is an area with seismic activity, once called the "door to hell" by the ancients. It is worth mentioning here that there are millions of people living above this god.

Experts fear someday that the Pompeii disaster will hit Naples

Giuseppe De Natale, the project leader drilled deep into Campi Flegrei, saying that such areas could produce eruptions with destructive power equal to those of ancient asteroids collisions in the past.

According to Reuters, scientists are planning to drill 5.5 km below the earth's crust to track the molten rock giant near Pompeii, thereby giving an early warning within 13km around the mouth of the mountain. fire. Campi Flegrei is on par with the Yellowstone volcano in the US, but the level of danger is much higher, because it is located in the densely populated area of ​​Naples, with a population of about 3 million people. However, the project is facing an outcry from local scientists who fear that drilling too deep into the ground could trigger an intense eruption, or seize the earth. .

Benedetto De Vivo, the chemist of the University of Naples, was opposed to drilling deep into the ground. Naples City Council banned the project in 2010, but the excavation continued in the abandoned mine in Bagnoli, west of Naples, in late July after the new mayor Luigi De Magistris approved. De Natale, the leader, dismissed the concerns he considered unfounded. According to him, drilling is the only way to detect the geological history of this dangerous area, because recent eruptions have buried all previous evidence. The group found the volcanic rock during the operation 15,000 years ago.

Besides, experts hope to find out the cause of a special phenomenon whereby the ground is raised or subsided over time related to volcanoes. Although often slow, the final period of this phenomenon can see the ground rise 3.5 meters high in 15 years, which caused some 30,000 people to evacuate from the Pozzuoli region in the 1980s and officials banned operation. fishing in this area.

De Natale expert assured that nothing will happen during the drilling process, because the lava chamber is 7 km deep, while the target is only 3.5 km deep, when the temperature is about 500 degrees C.