How dangerous are volcanoes in Germany? | DW Documentary
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- Опубліковано 26 вер 2024
- The Volcanic Eifel is a peaceful region in western Germany. For hundreds of thousands of years, volcanic forces raged here, before settling down. But could these natural forces reawaken?
Today's Volcanic Eifel was formed from cooled lava and volcanic ash. But deep below the surface, the earth is still bubbling. In fact, there are many indications that the rumbling underground is actually hot magma making its way to the Earth’s surface. How great is the danger of another eruption here in the Eifel, by far the youngest volcanic area in Central Europe?
On the shores of the region’s Laacher See, a special phenomenon is attracting the attention of scientists. Here, carbon dioxide gas bubbles rise. They come from a huge magma chamber at a depth of about 40 kilometers - the so-called "Eifel Plume". What do these bubbles tell us about the processes in the Earth's interior? Scientists are certain that the volcanoes will reawaken at some point. But when and where will it happen? To find out as precisely as possible, scientists are constantly listening - all the way down to the depths of the Earth.
Dr. Brigitte Knapmeyer-Endrun heads the Bensberg earthquake station, which maintains an extensive network of measuring facilities. The ultrasensitive devices register every tremor, no matter how small. In 2013, the deepest quakes ever measured in Germany caused a sensation.
Professor Klaus Reicherter is a volcano researcher. He studies the effects of catastrophes. Even if there are currently no signs of an imminent eruption, he says, the primary goal is to be able to warn people in good time about an awakening volcano.
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who else didn't know Germany had volcanoes???
We don't show them to everyone :)
@@MaleLion. lol
Me
Aside from the well known Italian & Greek volcanoes, there are relatively recent in geologic terms volcanoes in mainland France, Spain, Germany, Czechia, Slovakia and Romania
Had no idea Germany had volcanoes totally shocked
many countries have, but most aren't talked about.
Yeah - "totally."
Haven't had an active one in Australia for 4 millennia.
Same.. never heard about the eruption in 2015 either. 🤦♀️
That lava bomb they'd found is pretty damn impressive.
@@christopherellis2663 bc there are plenty next "door" in NZ, correct?
I'm from the Philippines, home of tons of volcanoes. For a person who is visit Taal volcano during its minor eruption during 2021, it was a chill to watch from the lakeshore because it just spewing out smoke. But in 2020 its a different one, a full blown explosion was happened and it rains ashfall along the scattered clouds. Having it experienced for the first time in our lives, we had to clean the ashes in the roof asap, because when it rains it will be hard as concrete and the roof will collapse due to the sheer weight of it. Ashfall can be used as fertilizer thou.
As one German tourist said that he visited the Taal and Mayon volcano, he was so fascinated about it. He said that Germany has no volcanoes.... until this video appeared. I'm quite actually surprised that volcanoes exists there.
europe volcanos are stable unlike those us that live long the pacific rim europe is really low risk
The thing is to figure out how to make it into a proper cement.
@@jenifferschmitz8618
Exactly. The US is more unstable geologically and weather wise and yet Europeans keep asking why we keep resisting copying them. 🙄🙄🙄
@@jenifferschmitz8618 "Stable"... yeah whatever that means.
@@jenifferschmitz8618 WRONG!
European volcanoes are every bit as dangerous as those around the Pacific. Look up the Campanian Ignimbrite from the volcano in the western suburbs of Naples if you don't believe me.
There are those who stupidly scaremonger
You're the opposite: stupidly complacent.
As a geologist myself, I find programs like this and the research they show being undertaken extremely interesting. I would really like to, one day, be able to come to Germany and have a look at the Eifel myself. Talk to the other geologists there and do some fieldwork in the area for myself.
entry of Monday, 19th July 2022
Your family name sounds German in language.
Come to South Africa where I live we have many hot springs. And extinct volcanoes I have rocks of lava from them
It's fascinating that Germany doesn't have active volcanos itself, but some of the worlds leading experts on Volcanology, after sending people around the world to study active sites.
I am thinking of becoming a geologist. Is it a good career path?
take a DReiFF
many things are unnormal in ger. like some gb cathedrals points buildings in cities on lines or so... and those rhine tunnels and erdställe tvwärtz cz v?v
czech out the mid german hesse? geomancy video. then ähm TH€N Löök at G€ v? v spent dozence hourse just on G^^??
This is one of the most amazing documentaries I have seen in a long time. Thank you for this DW.
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The same here
I wholeheartedly agree! I live in Washington State in the USA and we have Mt. Rainier in our "backyard". (Mount St. Hekens is about 80 miles away) It has been rated very high as dangerous volcanoes go and we are constantly reminded of this. However, it has never deterred irrational real estate development. It is also considered overdue for a massive eruption. In a way, I love living near this behemoth because it's a constant reminder that Mother Nature is always going to win in the end and we can but observe, measure and document. And, of course, a volcanic region is always beautiful. I wish I'd known Germany had volcanic regions when I visited 40 years ago. Now I'm elderly and frail. I can't see it all but wonderful documentaries such as this one keep me travelling in my imagination--thank you so very much.
@@anna-lisagirling7424 I thought Rainier was more dangerous because of the lahars it has produced, at least from my reading of USGS materials. No mention in the literature of an "overdue" eruption, but they seem to be more concerned about the possibilities of lahars from underground heat melting glaciers and causing large landslides. I grew up out there and Mt. Rainier was one of our favorite places.
@@catherineclark6284 Yes, there is quite a geologic record of those catastrophic lahars in the region. Where I live, we see all of Rainier in all of her glory on clear days and when we were out here scouting real estate, we checked for those historic flows before we made our choice. She still does steam from a couple of vents, though, and has the full capability to erupt. As dangerous as they are, I love our volcanoes!
Greetings from Sweden.
Awesome channel!
More volcano stuff danke!
Excellent production, thank you DW for your always superior productions.
Mensch, war das schön!
Here in Indonesia where i live now, volcanoes are spewing hot mud sulfur and toxic gases everywhere instead water... occasionally when big eruption happens villages are buried under burning hot ash in meters deep.
In Swabian Alb region of german state Baden- Württemberg the former vulcanism causes, that in some villages/ towns hot water comes out of earth , which is used for public swimhalls helping for medicine/ health .
Between Toba and Krakatau, plus many, many other active volcanoes, Indonesia has its hands full, and that is not even counting the subduction zone offshore that caused all the destruction in 2004.
@@brittakriep2938 good for people there, here we have few also but most of it contains too much sulfure or unhealthy gases or located in isolated and remote area
@@catherineclark6284 no wonder if we experience natural disaster in regular basis ...
This now explains a phenomenon I experienced in the N.E. of Luxembourg and I had no idea that the area around was historically volcanic.
Life became tuff in the Volcanic Eifel.
My grandparents moved to Niederzissen after the war. I knew of the volcanic history of the region many years ago having played on Bausenberg and Laachersee as a child on holidays. Fascinating to find out more now I’m in Australia!
100% not much volcanoes in your area, safe lol
@@ninjasiren Far more than you realise. We have volcanic fields in Australia that, like the Eifel, are now dormant but not extinct. Some, not all that far from where I live :)
@@carltanner9065 even in the interior of Australia?
It never crossed my mind that Germany had a volcanic history. I am intrigued!
Or me. I heard it on Silki's Channel as she is German and lives in Canada.
New Zealand's largest city, Auckland, has over 50 volcanoes within it's boundaries. The last major eruption occured only about 600 years ago, and formed the large volcanic island, called Rangitoto, right inside the city's harbour!
And Auckland has a super volcano 276km south east that eliminated all life on the north island the last time it erupted 1800 years ago.
@@allangibson2408 Scientists claim "1800 years ago" but the destruction of New Zealand is documented 322 years and five months ago - go look at the historic records instead of bowing down to - and regurgitating the unsubstantiated claims - of low IQ lunatics that graduated with their C average in Chemistry, Biology, Physics, Calculus, etc., from low level institutions with minimal entrance requirements. Theories that are exposed as lunacy are also exposing the imbeciles that cling to them with no corroboration while the true timeline is clearly documented by those that witnessed the horror.
@@WhirledPublishing People were already living round Taupo 322 years ago when Abel Tasman bumped into the islands in 1642 (378 years ago).
Taupo has burbled but not erupted in 1800 years and certainly not since the Māori arrived in 1250.
@@allangibson2408 Show me your PROOF of that claim - I know you have no proof - I know all you have is claims ... but go ahead and show me your proof.
You have no proof of 1250
Main stream media sucks ....DW brings the best information ...Thank you for this .
I can't sleep ..so here i am LEARNING ..
Apparently declared a UNESCO site in 2004. So many visitors or even those assigned in Germany prior to this not aware. I know if our son had known we'd be there. I can't believe they are tearing up the basalt formations. If you look at what's known as the Giants Walkway between Scotland and Ireland, you get an idea of basalt formations and how they vary. I hope Germany is carefully protecting this unique site. Look at the homes built right around the larger of the two crater lakes.
When those volcanoes wake up it’ll be catastrophic. Hopefully it doesn’t happen for tens of thousands of years.
Sorry but the world's tallest active geyser is not this one but Steamboat geyser in Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming, USA. It jets to more than 90 meters (300 feet) with volumes so great that mature lodgepole pines have been broken by the torrent coming back down. Cars as far as the parking area have been covered by the mud and debris splatters from it. It erupts up to 40 minutes in some cases. It then reverts to a steam phase so loud and powerful that campers over a mile away have been woken by it. This goes on for hours and even days.
The geyser in Andernach is not a natural one. It is drilled , and closed overnight to spare CO2.😊
@@jvisser8575 Serious?
@@paulbriggs3072 Yep the hole is drilled but the Co2 that causes the fountain has a volcanic origin. Also thats the difference to Yellowstone which is propelled by steam. Here its Co2
@@heyho4770 Interesting...
The geysers in Yellowstone are hot, the documentary mentioned it was the tallest cold geyser as its driven by gas rather than heat.
Romania has dormant volcanoes as well. Last eruption was about 24,000-27,000 ago, from Ciomatu peak.
Whoa! I had no idea!
Unheard of. Totally. Wow.
I love volcanoes and had no idea there were so many ancient visible ones in Germany
13000 years?? Not so ancient, my dear...
13000 years ago is pretty fresh in geologic terms. There are some that may be 100.000 yrs since their last known eruptions that still spew gas and rumble and show signs of life.
we explored the Eifel forest and Rursee during our vacation trip. such a fascinating part of the country with so much stuff to do! biking, hiking, lakes and exploring the little towns connected via the rurtalbahn 🤩 didnt have to come to Switzerland to have amazing scenery, wildlife and landscapes
Please make more like this. Thank you!!
I've been there once, and I absolutely loved it. And I always wondered what the chances of eruptions might be. Thanks, DW!
Another great documentary! Thanks DW
I love watching DW channels documentaries and a American .I never knew that Germany had volcanoes like Hawaii does. DW is the best I've been watching their channel since Nov /2019.
Don't forget Mt St Helen's eruption in 1980, Washington State. I think you're in the Pacific Ring of Fire.
Yes, like Hawaii..Italy, the Artic Circle, the West Indies...and SO many other parts of the world..🙄
The German volcanos are much more explosive and dangerous than the Hawaiian volcanos. The magma/lava composition and amount and source of the gas contained in the lava are very different. If you were simply explaining that you did not know that Germany had any volcanos at all, I apologize for reading more into your comment than you meant.
Most volcanic eruptions will give you ample warning time before the eruption. However, that’s not always true. Some phreatic maar explosions can occur without a lot of warning beforehand. All of those crater lakes in that region of Germany are prime examples of phreatic maar explosions.
Problem with that idea is that the magma has to be close to the surface. The Eifel has no shallow chamber like Yellowstone and even their seismologists say there would be an earthquake swarm first. Here in New Mexico I live near a 1300 square mile in area magma chamber in Socorro, but it is thin, but only 12 km in depth which isn't much. Half of NM's quakes come from it. Now if it intruded slowly to the water table we might get a VEI 6 Kilbourne Hole Maar, but they would know about the intrusion. This "Documentary" is more sensational than it should be.
I didn't know Germany had volcanoes, but I'll definitely put that on my to-do list when I get a chance to visit Germany.
That's because the area isn't heavily marketed, especially when talking about foreign people, and not much talked about. The population densities in the County of Bitburg-Prüm and County of Vulkaneifel are the lowest ones in Rhineland-Palatinate. That means more uninhabited green.
The Eifel goes through Rhineland-Palatinate, North Rhine-Westphalia and East Belgium. You can find some gems (places or buildings) in this region. Also one of the most known castles in Europe is here, the Burg Eltz.
They have a bad Marketing Department. Between the Castles they have, these volcanoes, their rustic woods, mountains towards the south, you'd assume there would be a bigger advertisement for them. Even word of mouth.
@@lernmor2137 True - they could easily market this for folks like myself who enjoy volcanoes and the outdoors. Also would bring in some tourism for that area which would typically go to the bigger cities instead.
I'll put it on my don't go list. Would be just my luck to go on the day 13,000 years after the last one in time to see the next one. Briefly.
Under Them are a HUGE network of tunnels from the lava flowing
Today I learned there are cold water geysers.
Beautiful! But one thing is certain, You will not be ready for it.
It's interesting to know that are other places in the world similar to Yellowstone and the Salton Sea area of southern California with potentially active volcanic activity.
I remember going to Salton Sea as a kid. It was 130 degrees Fahrenheit. Not fun.
Much smaller vulcanos in Germany
Taupo, New Zealand and Toba, Indonesia are the most recent to erupt.
Around volcanos, especially in Mexico are a lot of UFO activities.
On the TV show "Big Bang Theory" there's a running joke: Sheldon, the brainiac, always makes fun of the geology department, saying that "geology is not a real science"
THAT BUGS ME
Personally, I think geologists ROCK ! !
Great video, well done...
Can you tell me how the fish got into a volcanic crater?
Germany is a very fascinating country. When you think of going on a vacation, Germany is not the first place that comes in to your mind. But you would be surprised the beautiful places that are present in Germany. I once went to visit a castle in Heidelberg and now I am obsessed with Germany. And now it has volcanoes too? Unbelievable!
you should go to the one in Bayern too, if you like castle.. also one in Schwerin.. quite nice. :)
@@Mememeep You mean the Neuschwanstein castle? I plan on going one day. Looks absolutely amazing.
@@tajmahal6533 : In german state Baden- Württemberg, left to Bayern ( Bavaria) on map, next to Reutlingen town, there is ,fairy tale' castle Lichtenstein, not large, but besutyfull, look in Internet!
@@brittakriep2938 Thank you so much. It looks absolutely amazing.
Castles Churches Castles Churches I got tired just like Austria
There are numerous places in the Rhine Valley where hot springs bubble up from the earth. In the south is the Kaiserstuhl, an extinct volcano. Many hills on the edge of the Rhine Valley are of volcanic origin. But you can also admire large basalt blocks in the low mountain ranges, similar to the devils tower in the USA. I live in the Rhine Valley and we regularly experience earthquakes there. The entire Rhine Graben may erupt in a volcanic super eruption in the future.
Yikes!
OMG
@@lopamudraray4571 o my god !
The end of the world might Happen in a few thousands of Years.
The Videos always spread fear over the country.
God knows the time.
am 30. Mai ist der Weltuntergang,
wir leben nicht , wir leben nicht mehr lang.
Doch keiner weiss, in welchem Jahr
und das ist wunderbar.
No the Rhine Graben will NOT do that. Stop scaremongering.
VEI 6 yes as at Lascher See. Low-end VEI 7 also possibly. VEI 8 absolutely not. Totally wrong geologic setting for a VEI 8 to occur.
I wonder what a Japanese would feel about a place with a few volcanoes that last erupted 10000 years ago when he is coming of a country with over 70 active volcanoes in every region of the country an frequent powerfull earthquakes, he would probably think, "What a safe place!"
There are volcanoes and VOLCANOES…
If Paektu Erupts that will be a VOLCANO…
You have thermal steam turbine potential at your finger tips, that can produce as much electrical power as a major dam. Water boils at 212°f. Steel melts at temperatures above 1000°f. Steel Rods going underground that bring the heat into boiling chambers for steam, can make free stream forever turning steam electric producing turbine power without a nuclear power plant or increasing the air quality.
Now you promote that idea over there and build it, they will need more electricity to heat homes this coming winter.
@@heidimisfeldt5685 They rub noses.
2 words I don't expect to be in the same sentence, "volcanoes", and "Germany"🤔🤯
Germany has such natural wonders was not in my knowledge. Interesting no doubt.
I come from german state Baden- Württemberg. In front of clifflike northern end of Swabian Alb plateau there are some mountains, which are made from hard stone of vulcano eruptions. These mountains had been in medieval age used by high nobility to build their fortified castles on top. My english is not very good.
@5:15 No one in the area survived the fallout from the volcanic ash.
I was stationed in Bamberg for two years in the 90s, traveled all over Germany and never heard about it. And I grew up not far from Mount Saint Helens!
... the little blue stone ( gem? )
that he pulled out of the pumice wall.
What a great show is this, stunning landscape ! And the architecture wow.
Enjoying fr 🇨🇦 so much to see.
Yes, Ahweenite, he said? Turned on captions to see if that helped, no luck. Anyone know the proper name of the beautiful blue gem @7:00 mins into the video?
@@TonyDeisisNice I guess its haüyn, you can have a look at Hauyne in the english Wikipedia, its rather common in the Laach lake volcanic complex, but where the scientist are in the video you are not allowed to look for minerals. Anyway its mostly rather small but really beautiful
This earth upon which we walk hides so many untold secrets and mysteries very far beyond our imagination. Even a sneak peek can be reverting. Thank you for sharing.
"peek"
@@susantunbridge4612 corrected, thank you Susan 😊 🙏🏿
I love volcanoes. And earthquakes. I wanted to study geology, but after my first college attempt, my math was so far behind it would have added nearly two full years before I could even start... :(
Wow, only 10,000 years? That's not that long ago.😳
Right.. Human species didn't even have an idea you can farm a chicken, or anything, back then. Seems pretty long to me.
On a geologic timescale it’s very recent
yeah and still there are prople that thinkt trhe eartch is only 6k years old
The great flood was over 6,000 year's ago, and then repopulated. History is all lies, even here.
@@died4us590 first of proove there was a flood and not the old sitty book does not count.
I lived thru a 5.5 earthquake in Heidelberg back in 1978 their is nothing you can do when one occurs did not know about the volcanos
Some of the volcanos that scare me is yellowstone, taupo to name a few. Super Volcano would be same as 10,000-100,000 nukes going off at once. Imagine White Island tragedy on a grand scale. Volcano's are definitely cool but also terrifying.
Yellowstone is constantly monitored and the magma chamber has mostly solidified magma with only a few pockets of magma that are liquid, certainly not enough to cause an eruption. What is more likely at Yellowstone is what happened in the last few eruptions, which were effusive and covered the caldera floor with thick lava flows, the most recent of which was about 70,000 years ago, with two other effusive eruptions previous to that one. The scientists, and there are many, that are studying the caldera and magma chambers below do not anticipate super eruptions any time in the near future and possibly it may have run out of steam, so to speak, for that type of eruption to happen again.
The Laacher See caldera has woken up again, it's had several quakes this month according to Volcanodiscovery
This is an amazing wall, and it is bizarre to know it was created in a few months, frightening actually. I love the system they are creating to see and understand it all better! Thank you!
Surprised how Comparatively Young these Volcanoes are, Did they Erupt due to Glacial Rebound?
No. That area was never glaciated.
I need to go back to Germany and explore the Eiffel region!
*Excellent* documentary! Cheers from New Zealand!
Thank you and kind regards!
Aloha! Volcanoes are amazing. The Eifel is beautiful.
The reading of the strata is incorrect because it begins with Assumptions. Therefore the dates given are incorrect. The eruption occurred far more recently than 13 thousand years ago.
Hats off to such an interesting documentary that how scientists work for safeguarding humanity from disasters.
they don't. they can only observe.
They cannot safeguard. They can only watch, observe and document changes deep within the earth as much as possible, and warn us when necessary so that we can prepare. But they have no way of safeguarding us from the processes of the earth.
The area is fascinating. My favourite castle in Germany (36:57)
I live in the Netherlands, in Groningen, not far from Germany and from that huge German volcano, which destroyed everything around 13000 years ago. I'm shocked. I didn't know about that eruption, and I hope it'll not happen again in the coming years (at least, not before I'll leave this region).
Given these kinds of highly explosive volcanic caldera systems tend to occur statistically on intervals of many tens of thousands of years between eruptions though volcanic marr explosions are more frequent and may precede more extensive activity. So in all likelihood it probably will erupt some thousands of years from now
how fortunate, perhaps you can gain some land without having to build massive dikes
So what u say is basically "its okay that the volcano can errupt after i left that region, after that its okay. i dont care for the other people in that region" Realy nice!
We are safe in Groningen. In Nijmegen it would be a different story. Ok, we would get a food scarcity due to cooling. This is because the ash blocks the sun.
@@gaming_denyoxd Dragrath said, "So in all likelihood it probably will erupt some thousands of years from now". The fact you can extrapolate that to him not caring, says far more about your own warped mentality than it does about his.
Hey I had no idea you guys got volcanoes in Germany! Fascinating!
One of the volcanoes just drove into the crowds in Berlin😲.
I think he was Armenian permanently living in Germany. Oh well, these East Europeans are crazy. Better keep them behind our borders or send them to Rwanda like UK is doing
@@inimeneinimene463 It's not the Eastern Europeans that's the problem. Last time I looked, Armenia wasn't in Europe. We got tons of folk belonging to a certain ideology here in the UK too - they are the problem! And no they don't get shipped off to Rwanda - that's just what the government says to keep people quiet. In reality, they get given British passports.
Amazing I live in south Africa surrounded by. Extinct volcanoes all with cone tops but in places we have hot springs Tells us that this is still volcanic ! Like there in Germany I have pieces of lava found here
I live in Ecuador w 20 of the worlds largest volcanoes..Never know when they can erupt
It could go off at any time, she sayd.
The ash traveled as far as norway. So Britan will be affected too.
Great documentary, excellent editing and the camera work is.... best so far. Thanks.
German cinematography has a very unique style. Less cuts, longer shots, very calm. I hate these US documentaries with tons of animations, fast cuts, and yelling presenters.
@3:50 The "explosion" wasn't "13,000 years ago" ... Those who want the true timeline can find it clearly documented in historic records.
Great video! Volcanoes…Germany. Who knew? Thank you.
Eifel region is one of my favorites here in Deutschland. Polar plunges in the wintertime are the best!
What r polar plunged
@@ellenpeel2346 People jumping in their swimsuits in icy cold water, many times for a charity event.
The part that went to the Nederlands from the volcano , can you still find it today?
And now you know where that big thing in the center of Paris came from.. Who knew volcanoes could build such precise towers with elevators and steps and all? Prehistoric German engineering!
Never heard such a thing, never even crossed my mind.😱
Never knew about this volcanic history.
Wow l never would have guessed that Germany has volcanoes. I learned something new 🆕
Silent for 10.000 years. that is barely a blink of an eye for this planet
Sounds like the monks were killed by a minor limnic eruption
Is it fizzy water then?
Just after this article was released, while on holiday I had the pleasure of meeting someone who works here - if you're reading this, hello! :)
Anyway, fascinating stuff. I look forward to learning more about the Eifel - when compared to geological study, particularly in Japan and the PNW region of the US, I feel Europe lags far behind in both assessing risk but also simply learning the geological history of our continent.
My statements are dated so they may no longer be accurate, but over ten years ago when I was looking a job, I found that the European Union was investing more in volcanism research than the US, at least for post doctoral research funding. The US spends quite a bit on monitoring volcanos and seismically active areas but not as much money is invested in innovative science of volcanism and eruption prediction.
@@alexriter278 Maybe that there seems to be less public education in many countries because we have very, very low seismicity.
Very interesting to know that for the vital post-doc work there's funding. :)
@@alexriter278 Predictions are chancey things. Every volcano has a different signature and "personality." Eruptions can be heralded by earthquakes and chemical emissions, but those are not always accurate predictively. Pinatubo in 1991 was a success story in lives saved, but later smaller eruptions and seasonal storms eat away at the loose ash deposited by the pyroclastic flows and large lahars that happen. Lahars continue to be a huge problem.
I didn’t know that Germany had Volcanoes , and the fact that I live in the Netherlands and he just explained that water makes its way down stream to us basically flooding us from the back
That’s. Crazy if you ask me you know we’re already dealing with the sea rising and your telling me we could be flooded from the back to 😑
The upside to this location is that very few inhabitants are around the crater.
This is awesome. DW has the best doc's
Campe Vieja under Naples is not that far away and remains a much more serious threat to Europe.
1st time ive heard of volcanoes in Germany
Germany literally has ‘vulkanenland’ which translates to ‘vulcanoland’ so why is everyone so suprised? Even like (former-)locals, you never saw those Highway signs with ‘vulcanoland’ on it?
Sound like a Maars Crater was formed there, like the Ubehebe Crater at the Northern end of Death Valley!
I am shocked and had no idea Germany had such features in its history.
Das erklärt das Mineralwasser aus der Vulkaneifel. 🌋
Die Gegend um Kirchheim unter Teck wird auch der ,schwäbische Vulkan' genannt.
Great doco! Points out the fact that this living planet of ours has enough possibilities for catastrophe without the Human Nuclear war threat!!
A fascinating documentary on sleeping earthquakes in Germany.
One of the volcanoes just drove into the crowds in Berlin😲.
I think he was Armenian permanently living in Germany. Oh well, these East Europeans are crazy. .....Better keep them behind our borders
In late 1970s a smaller earthquake did some damage in german state Baden- Württemberg.
Earth is amazing , every now and then something came up shocked everyone…
The timing seems pretty close to the asteroid strike in Greenland, have to wonder if that was the trigger??
learning some new information through DW always .thank you , i would luv to visit Germany one day.
Wonderful subject. I confess, when I think of volcanoes, Germany is rarely on my mind.
Didnt know there were volcanoes in Germany
I watched a video about a unique volcano in china and it also explained about the volcanic activity in what is now Russia and European area laying down massive tracks of basalt and andesonite.
This video should be retitled Germany Has Volcanoes
Maybe geyser eruptions worked as a bidet toilet for giants in Thors time haha.
I remember when TLC, discovery and nat geo was actually this factual ^
Our entire civilization is built on top of molten lava! 😱😱
I think my country has not a single volcano, not even sleeping volcano
Comparing La Palma with the Eifel volcanoes is a bit of a stretch. The La Palma volcano was spewing liquid lava. The Eifel volcanoes, if ever active again, will explode with rocks and ash thrown over large parts of western Germany and even beyond. The furthest stone found from the Laacher volcano was found in Siberia.
Not a stretch at all. By not realising this ypu simply show your massive ignorance.
Comparing Laacher See itself with Cumbre Vieja is wrong but comparing the monogenetic basaltic eruptions of most of the centres in the volcanic field with individual eruptions of Cumbre Vieja is quite instructive. Similar scale. Similar composition of eruptive products. Similar dangers.
Supremely interesting..Thank You!
Extinct or dormant? I live 10 minutes walk from 2 volcanoes. 😱
i would think the lake temperate and chemistry would be more of a clue to actively than gas bubbles
Actually volcanoes can suddenly emerge anywhere around the world. Not just at around ring of fire since we're floating above magma. 😌😌😌