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Man's relationship with volcanoes goes back thousands of years. What early man thought of these explosive mountains eventually helped science draw all sorts of new conclusions.
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Why Some Volcanoes Erupt And Others Don’t: youtube.com/watch?v=6WfAabBpqGw&index=2&list=PLwwOk5fvpuuKyfaTO3IMv9GGFm9eCHZtT
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Sources:
Soils From Volcanoes:
http://volcanology.geol.ucsb.edu/soil.htm
“Why do people live on dangerous volcanoes? The main reason is the rich volcanic soil. People are willing to take high-risk gambles for the most basic things of life -- especially food."
Volcano Legends Of New Zealand:
http://volcano.oregonstate.edu/new-zealand-1
“New Zealand has been occupied by a group of Polynesians, known as the Maoris, since about the fourteenth century (Anderson, 1969). Since this time, the Maoris have created myths and legends involving several volcanoes in their native land."
Folklore Of An Angry Mountain:
http://blogs.wsj.com/indonesiarealtime/2014/02/03/folklore-of-an-angry-mountain
“Scientists can’t explain precisely why Indonesia’s Mount Sinabung – quiet for centuries – is now one of the world’s most active volcanoes. Many locals, however, point to folklore to offer one explanation: the mountain is angry."
Biblical Plagues Really Happened Say Scientists:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/science/science-news/7530678/Biblical-plagues-really-happened-say-scientists.html
“Researchers believe they have found evidence of real natural disasters on which the ten plagues of Egypt, which led to Moses freeing the Israelites from slavery in the Book of Exodus in the Bible, were based."
Why Ancient Myths About Volcanoes Are Often True:
http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20150318-why-volcano-myths-are-true
“Story has it that many hundreds of years ago, Tanovo, chief of the Fijian island Ono, was very partial to a late afternoon stroll. Each day he would walk along the beach, watch the sun go down and undoubtedly contemplate this paradise on Earth."
Pliny The Elder:
http://www.pbs.org/empires/romans/empire/pliny_elder.html
“During this time, he wrote extensively on subjects as varied as grammar, the history of Rome, and military history and skills. His most famous work, however, was “Historia Naturalis” (Natural History), an encyclopedia of natural science that spanned thirty-seven books."
Vesuvius, The World’s Most Closely Watched Volcano:
http://phys.org/news/2009-04-vesuvius-world-volcano.html
“Nearly 2,000 years after wiping out Pompeii, Mount Vesuvius is among the most closely monitored volcanoes in the world, its every shudder recorded."
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Episode 3 of 5
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Man's relationship with volcanoes goes back thousands of years. What early man thought of these explosive mountains eventually helped science draw all sorts of new conclusions.
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Previous Episode:
Why Some Volcanoes Erupt And Others Don’t: youtube.com/watch?v=6WfAabBpqGw&index=2&list=PLwwOk5fvpuuKyfaTO3IMv9GGFm9eCHZtT
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Sources:
Soils From Volcanoes:
http://volcanology.geol.ucsb.edu/soil.htm
“Why do people live on dangerous volcanoes? The main reason is the rich volcanic soil. People are willing to take high-risk gambles for the most basic things of life -- especially food."
Volcano Legends Of New Zealand:
http://volcano.oregonstate.edu/new-zealand-1
“New Zealand has been occupied by a group of Polynesians, known as the Maoris, since about the fourteenth century (Anderson, 1969). Since this time, the Maoris have created myths and legends involving several volcanoes in their native land."
Folklore Of An Angry Mountain:
http://blogs.wsj.com/indonesiarealtime/2014/02/03/folklore-of-an-angry-mountain
“Scientists can’t explain precisely why Indonesia’s Mount Sinabung – quiet for centuries – is now one of the world’s most active volcanoes. Many locals, however, point to folklore to offer one explanation: the mountain is angry."
Biblical Plagues Really Happened Say Scientists:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/science/science-news/7530678/Biblical-plagues-really-happened-say-scientists.html
“Researchers believe they have found evidence of real natural disasters on which the ten plagues of Egypt, which led to Moses freeing the Israelites from slavery in the Book of Exodus in the Bible, were based."
Why Ancient Myths About Volcanoes Are Often True:
http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20150318-why-volcano-myths-are-true
“Story has it that many hundreds of years ago, Tanovo, chief of the Fijian island Ono, was very partial to a late afternoon stroll. Each day he would walk along the beach, watch the sun go down and undoubtedly contemplate this paradise on Earth."
Pliny The Elder:
http://www.pbs.org/empires/romans/empire/pliny_elder.html
“During this time, he wrote extensively on subjects as varied as grammar, the history of Rome, and military history and skills. His most famous work, however, was “Historia Naturalis” (Natural History), an encyclopedia of natural science that spanned thirty-seven books."
Vesuvius, The World’s Most Closely Watched Volcano:
http://phys.org/news/2009-04-vesuvius-world-volcano.html
“Nearly 2,000 years after wiping out Pompeii, Mount Vesuvius is among the most closely monitored volcanoes in the world, its every shudder recorded."
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Trace Dominguez on Twitter twitter.com/TraceDominguez
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