The undersea volcano can explode

Using a super-small detector, Professor Christoph Helo at McGill (Canada), has demonstrated that eruptions can also happen to underground volcanoes.

Most volcanic volcanoes produce stronger lava flows than eruptions, because of the low tendency of the magma gas to suffer from the pressure of the surrounding water.

The underwater volcanoes can now explode. (Source: madridday)

About 75% to 80% of volcanic activities on Earth take place in the deep sea, or mountains in the ocean. Most of these volcanoes create large lava flows.

According to geologists, in the last 10 years, based on the formation of volcanic ash in specific areas, they have studied and pointed out that volcanic eruptions can also occur. Under the ocean, because of the amount of magma (causing explosions that have been formed by many components, mainly CO ₂ ) tends to be low.

Christoph Helo and his colleagues used the micro-detector and discovered that very high concentrations of carbon dioxide are found in magma droplets trapped in crystals taken under the ash of the Axial volcano. belongs to the Juan de Fuca range, far from the Oregon coast.

This result proves that eruptions can actually occur in the ocean.

The work also showed the release of CO ₂ from the lower crust compared to Earth's atmosphere, much higher than they had imagined before.

The mid-ocean mountains form the largest volcanic system on Earth, the discovery also has important applications for Earth's carbon ring while it is still sleeping.