Mount Pinatubo By Simren Ahuja and Bryan Sun

What Happens During a Volcano Eruption?

About Mount Pinatubo • Located in the Philippines • It erupted on June 15 th, 1991 • Home to over 30, 000 people • Covered in Vegetation

Before the Eruption • First warning sign was a earthquake a year before eruption • From March-June 1991 more frequent earthquakes and explosions gradually intensified • Major explosions occurred three days prior to eruption.

Mount Pinatubo Eruption • Mount Pinatubo erupted on June 15 th, 1991, • A typhoon hit at the same time. • Materials combined to create a Lahar. • Took over 600 lives and destroyed a majority of properties

After the Eruption • After the eruption, rainfall and strong winds resulting in a huge volume of lahars • The Lahars buried everything in its way. • Infrastructure was destroyed, floods and diseases affected more than 1 million people

How did Mount Pinatubo’s eruption impact the Philippines? The world?

Impact on the Philippines • Casualties • Towns destroyed • Created more land • Weather cooled down • Diseases and internal effects

Impact on the world • Mount Pinatubo ejected 15 million tons of sulfur dioxide into the stratosphere • Layer of sulfur acidic droplets • Particles stuck in the Stratosphere • Earth cooling • Contributed to Global warming

Impact on 4 Spheres • The 4 spheres –Biosphere, Geosphere, Atmosphere, Hydrosphere • Biosphere- plant and animal population, damage to human and properties • Geosphere- soil fertilization, destruction on rocks and reefs. • Atmosphere- ash and gas contaminates air, climate and weather conditions • Hydrosphere- warmer and acidic water, melting ice, acid rain

Connections

Summary • Mount Pinatubo’s eruption is the world’s largest explosion to impact a densely populated area. • All the spheres were impacted by the eruption • This eruption contributed to the opening in the ozone layer • Over 600 people died and a lot of infrastructure was destroyed in the process

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