Está de moda hablar de volcanes y supervolcanes que pueden entrar en erupción en cualquier momento y Australia no se queda fuera
Está en inglés, no lo traduzco porque la traducción con el Bing es patética y para no entender nada, mejor lo dejo en su idioma original, más o menos va sobre la opinión de unos expertos que advierten de una erupción en Australia, cerca de Victoria.
http://www.sott.net/articles/show/231042-Australia-Victoria-s-Overdue-for-Volcano-WarningAustralia: Victoria's Overdue for Volcano - WarningScientist have told a conference it is only a matter of time before volcanoes erupt in Victoria, and warned there is no disaster plan for when it happens.
According to scientists at Melbourne University, a series of volcanoes in Victoria's west are well overdue to erupt.
Eruptions should occur in the region about every 2000 years, but the south-east of the country hasn't experienced any volcanic activity since Mt Gambier erupted over 5000 years ago.
Earth Sciences Professor Bernie Joyce said this means the chance of an eruption is high, and that while the scale of any activity is hard to predict, it "could cause devastation to thousands of people".
It isn't the eruption that would necessarily do the damage, Prof Joyce said, but if rising magma meets ground water it could cause steam explosions that would blanket the state in volcanic ash, leading to widespread disruptions to critical infrastructure and transport.
Lava flows would also represent a "major fire hazard on the dry grassland plains of summer in western Victoria".
Professor Joyce said that an eruption would most likely be around Colac, Port Fairy, Portland or Mt Gambier, areas which do not have pre-prepared responses in place for volcanic activity.
The research will be presented today at the XXV International Congress of Geodesy and Geophysics in Melbourne.