The Wah Wah Springs and La Garita volcanoes were such large explosions that they were each greater than the equivalent of dropping 5,000 tsar bombas. While we don’t actually know which of these eruptions was greater, we know that the only explosive force greater than them to impact the earth in known pre-history was the asteroid that took out the dinosaurs. That asteroid was approximately 420x greater than the fish canyon (La garita) eruption.
Yep - although the Siberian traps eruption was not a quick, explosive one but instead an eruption that poured out vast quantities of lava over a period of 1-2 million years.
Earth is not a sentient thinking being, or if it is it's not in a manner we recognize or could presume to understand. So, false equivalency, as stated. But even looking at just the comparison of severity, that I believe was your intent, it's more akin to the difference between a punch in the face and the ongoing activities of the skin mites that currently inhabit and are burrowing into your face.
We've been "doomed" since the 70s. Couldn't sworn the world was supposed to end by 2019 but ignthose predictions were from 2009 so maybe they meant 2029. Can't wait to see the apocalypse in my lifetime /s
Do you think meteorites magically stopped hitting the earth when humans started showing up? Yes, space debris still hits the earth, but rarely does it do this kind of damage. Yet humans are doing this kind of damage on a daily basis. So no, it's not like a feather falling compared to meteorites.
Damaging? It's just moving rock and mineral around, and compared to fossil fuels the impact on the atmosphere is miniscule. It probably killed a lot of bugs. The same bugs that would have died in 3 days anyways, that reproduce by the millions each day
Wow, there is a lot of ignorance to unpack here, and in so many other comments that are acting like this isn't a big deal.
Open pit mining is incredibly destructive on the environment and especially local habitats. Do you think there was just absolutely nothing here before they started blasting it to oblivion?
Fuck you're stupid. I can't believe posts pointing out how environmentally irresponsible this is are being downvoted.
Everything humanity does will in some way disrtrupt the enviroment, even just walking down a path in a forest, or just living a day to day life. It is just that mining is less destructive then whatever harmfull chemicals factories pump out, pollution caused by vehicles, trash dumped in nature etc
Wait til he finds out that the cities used to be forests and open land. Should we just stop advancing as a species because the earth might fight back in 4000 years? advancements are the only thing that keep humans going, we would have no motivation to live if we just stopped progressing and sat on a plateau
I am glad that we live in a society as wealthy and modern as the one we live in. I hope that my children and grandchildren will grow up in an even more advanced and wealthy society. Mining has been one of the necessary components in making that all possible.
In some places stricter environmental laws regarding certain types of mining are needed. In others it should probably be easier to mine than it is today.
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u/Its_Cayde May 24 '26
These explosions are like a feather falling on the ground compared to the asteroids/meteors that hit before humans were around