CAMPI FLEGREI: ITALY'S SUPERVOLCANO PT4: ERUPTION SIMULATION IN PRESENT DAY

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This is the final episode in the Campi Flegrei series. We will be covering an eruption simulation of Campi Flegrei in modern times, only we will be scaling up its explosivity. (See below for more info regarding the reasoning behind why I chose the explosivity demonstrated in this video).

Alongside the simulation I will be covering the final few key questions regarding how Campi Flegrei is so powerful and is able to erupt at a frequency unlike any Volcano on Earth, and the why to go alongside this. I will also cover the new discovery documented this year about yet another mega eruption and how it has remained hidden from scientists for so long as well as the fact there are many, many other known eruptions that still require proving. I list all known eruptions up to 315,000 years ago.

I will also go into detail regarding how Campi Flegrei has literally constructed its own concrete prison, and this "prison" is actively working to prevent an eruption from taking place by reinforcing the earth above it to a very large degree. It's providing an elasticity against the unusual seismicity as well as incredibly strong reinforcement. The Romans actually modeled this unknowingly and you'll find out what I mean.

Lastly, I cover the landscape and very complex geological features at the end after the simulation.

I said in prior episodes that I would be recreating the First Phlegraean Period's eruption, however, there was a new discovery only last month that solidified my hypothesis regarding Campi Flegrei's ability to quickly conceal past major eruptions with the giant ones proceeding them. As a result, since we know Campi Flegrei has erupted since 315,000 years ago and I strongly believe Campi Flegrei erupted at a Volcanic Explosivity Index of 8 in the past, and have a hypothesis of how it might've looked due to how present day Italy actually bares the marks of a giant caldera, far larger than the one seen in the first phlegraean period, that I believe more and more could have been one of its first eruptions that could have been even larger than Toba. I might make a video on this in the future but will spent more time studying before I do.

Another reason I chose a VEI 8 demonstration is this is a great benchmark to place other known giant super volcanic eruptions against. In this video, I am recreating at a minimum the size of material released during the La Garita Super Eruption which was at a minimum a release of 5000 cubic kilometers of volcanic fall out. I have only seen yellowstone recreations and yellowstone didn't come anywhere near as close to the La Garita Eruption even though it is part of the same complex.

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Timeline:

0:00 - 2:38 Intro + What To Expect
2:38 - 5:10 New Eruption Discovery
4:50 All Eruptions We Know Of
5:10 - 8:55 - Self Made Prison
6:38 - How It Made It
7:20 - Prison Infographic
8:55 - 9:15 - Intro to Simulation
9:15 - 10:06 2009 & Solfatara Di Pozzuoli
10:06 - Pisciarelli 2009 & Increase In Activity
10:21 - 1950 - Present Level of Uplift
11:07 - Earthquake in 2017
11:36 - Simulation Start
12:05 - Leading Up To Eruption
12:45 - Day Before Eruption
13:22 - Morning of Eruption
15:50 - Mega Tsunamis
16:27 - First Italy, Then The World
16:55 - Ash Cloud Spread Infographic
17:14 - Fallout Release Infographic
17:41 - Detailed Look Into Ash Cloud Spread (Infographics)
20:08 - 1 Day After The Eruption
22:07 - 2 Days After The Eruption
25:35 - 3 Days After The Eruption
27:14 - 4 Days After The Eruption
31:03 - 5 Days After The Eruption
32:20 - 6 Days After The Eruption
34-45 - 7 Days After The Eruption
36:21 - 8 Days After The Eruption
37:35 - 9 Days After The Eruption
38:53 - 10 Days After The Eruption
42:00 - 11 Days After The Eruption
43:42 - 12 Days After The Eruption
44:49 - 17 Days After The Eruption
46:12 - The Aftermath: The Weeks And Months Following Following The Eruption
48:06 - The Final Impact It Has
49:28 - The Positives
50:52 - End of Simulation
50:53 - Why Is Campi Flegrei So Powerful? + Infographics On Complex Geology of Italy

[cacogenicist]

Some of us have full, adult attention spans, and don't need everything chopped up into 6 minute videos. So long-form stuff like this is much appreciated. :-)

I think it should be noted that Campi Flegrei is very unlikely to produce a VEI-8 in the future -- it never has in the past. But a large VEI-7, let's say around a 700 km3, is plenty bad enough.

[maurenemorgan]

No one talks about Campi Flegrei; just Yellowstone which is a far lesser threat. Sobering series. Thank you for your work on these videos.

[vibrantvittlesvlogs]

This is the first supervolcano video i have seen that says and actually shows how the ash cloud would spread all over the world. I have seen many videos about yellowstone that only show the ash cloud spreading only over the usa and southern canada. I mean surely a supervolcano ejecting close to 1500-2500 cubic km of ash would also cause an ash cloud all over the world. GREAT WORK!!

[eman]

Here we are in May, 2024. Campe Flegrei in on the verge of erupting. Massive ground uplift. Many quake all over 3.2.
3 million people on notice to evacuate... which is impossible.

[caiolucas]

A bit over the top, but you definitely brought in the evidence for a possible VEI-8 future eruption. I assume given Pozzolana's nature, the lava bombs would be extra deadly.

Anyway Campi Flegrei remains the biggest threat in near future when it comes to volcanoes with upper VEI(7 and 8) given the evidence we have. The sooner it erupts the lesser is the potential damage.

[OzGeologyOfficial]

Sorry for the wait folks. As you can see this is a long one, it's only me working on this channel but I felt the need to be as descriptive as I could to really do this topic justice. Normally a script will only be a few pages, but this one totaled well over 30 pages by completion. I answer a few final questions and cover a new discovery made this year in this one too.
I have included time stamps in the description so you can skip ahead to parts of the video that interest you most in case you aren't a fan of long videos. Honestly, the lengthiest part of this video was the ridiculous amount of time it took to render this. I made a bad mistake and created and attempted to render this on Sony Vegas. It did not like all of the extremely high quality clips I originally had for this video, as a result, to my major disappointment, I had to take alot of it out. I will be combining all 4 episodes into one full length documentary, so I am considering reintroducing those clips when I edit this in Adobe Premiere. It literally took me 24 straight hours to work out every single video that led to a crash, I stayed up all night and all day the next day doing it. Was a nightmare, but worth it to finally bring this to you all. I truly hope you enjoy this video. Alot of effort, hours, and long nights went into it. If not, let me know where I can improve so I can factor that in to future videos if you want to.
Many thanks, and much love to you all! I truly appreciate the patience you all gave me to get this project complete.

[mbcarbaugh]

Thank you for this video and your dedication to your work. I'm sorry you had such a hard time uploading this video but, it was well worth the wait. 👍👍

[elizabethwilliams]

Man, this simulation is bleak and depressing. I live in Pozzuoli and hope to be vaporized immediately, rather than scouring the Earth another 2 weeks sick, starving and having volcanic glass cutting up my lungs and eyeballs! 😅

[GumriRN]

Actually the longer format is very good & what I generally watch. But having a breakdown in Content section as you’ve described is an excellent idea.
This video & the others are brilliant. The graphics are amazing. Thanks very much.

[geneticdisorder]

Looks like a good time to do an update on this volcano 🌋 !

[sidneyleejohnson]

Your discussion of the impact on Nuclear power generation and its potential calamity cascade is spot on. It reminds me of the discovery of an earthquake zone near Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant which might be closed ~2025 unless extended by law.

[joseluciocorrea]

The areas close to thge eruption will suffer like the video shows! But areas far away, outside of Europe the effects will be lesser than the apocalipsis the video shows! That part is exggerated!

[Tigerbearwolf]

Very well made, informative video. Thank you so much for the time you took on researching, editing and uploading this.

[garybeattie]

This is a fantastic info packed series. 😁

[timothydyhr]

I think overall your video was very thorough and detailed. I am not sure about your analysis of volcanic ash and plant life are quite accurate. After the eruption of Mt St Helens the scientists looked around and thought it would take a long time before the area would recover. However, much to their amazement the growth started coming back at break neck speed and the plants grew in this poisonous ash. I really don't think so. Actually, the ash was instrumental in the recover process. So why all this doom and gloom about volcanic ash and plants. I put it on my plants and they grow up very well. I have watched videos of Japanese people who live near a volcano packing the base of their plants with the ash. What inspired me to grow with volcanic ash was this guy returned home after he was allowed. The mud flow went throw his yard and dried with the consistency of concrete. He couldn't dig so he chipped out divits to plant his and in a short period of time he 9 foot 3 meter corn so thre ash is poisonous to plants? Not sure where someone came up with that? That mud flow was ladened with the ash. Theirs a lot of evidence refutiating the notion that volcanic ash is poisonous to plants immediately out the volcano until a long time after, uh not. Look no farther than Mount St Helens and see that nature takes care of its own. It's funny that man puts poisonous substances he calls fertilizer and mother nature has volcanic ash. I'm a believer. Proof positive not poisonous.

[KerriEverlasting]

I definitely like the longer format better. The more geological information the better. I really like hearing why is that, why is that and that too. 💖

[EndreaiYT]

It’s quite scary knowing that this super volcano can wipe out millions of people, killing all of Naples’s population instantly and killing millions more.

[stephenbachman]

Hard to imagine humanity surving in these circumstances. I think pockets of humankind would. But whatever was left would be living like amirsh do.

[mikebarrow]

I already watched the bigger 4-parter, but "enjoyed"it so much I watched this bit again! 👍

[Mandy-ntcs]

Thanks! To answer your question, I would watch all of your videos if they were longer.. since most are a favorite subject of mine, not much I do not already know could be covered in 5-10 mins.. and that's just more time I have to spend finding something I haven't seen to watch lol !