Eruption Quotes

We think that the main effect of eruptions like this is to stop stars from forming by preventing hot gas from cooling down. - Paul Nulsen

We should expect to be able to detect recovery in most regions of the world within the next 15 to 45 years. That's based on full compliance with the Montreal Protocol and its amendments and no other complicating factors such as major volcanic eruptions or enhanced stratospheric cooling. - Elizabeth Weatherhead

We have had an eruption of moderate magnitude... there was no lava. - Tony Saca

This is probably an ongoing feature in Yellowstone. We've only been able to study it like this for 10 years, so we're still not sure what's normal and what's not. But there's no evidence yet to suspect an eruption. - Charles Wicks

This eruption has gotten increasingly sluggish. There's almost no gas being produced. We haven't had a big event since the (36,000 foot high) ash plume in March 2005, and we're feeling increasingly comfortable that we're looking at the sluggish end of this. ... I don't see how it can go on for another year without stalling. - Dave Sherrod

There will no longer be a big eruption. It's releasing pressure. - Fernando Lopez

There was this Bronze Age eruption about 4000 years ago, and then 2000 years ago there was the 79AD event. It seems that just about every 2000 years, there's been a major eruption of this scale at Vesuvius. - Michael Sheridan