German press: “When does Santorini’s Kolumpos volcano wake up?”

The growing risk of an eruption of the undersea volcano Kolumpos near Santorini is reported by the RedaktionsNetzwerk Deutschland.

“For over 300 years, the volcano seemed to be sleeping. But between 2006 and 2012, Santorini was rocked by a series of moderate earthquakes, and when researchers sent a remote-controlled diving robot into the volcano’s crater, images showed gas bubbles rising from the seabed. Columbus breathes again. Later investigations showed that the rising magma is concentrated under the crater. At some point, the pressure will become so great that it will release again with a violent explosion. Today, the consequences of such a natural phenomenon would be even more devastating, as the island is much more densely populated, […] while the ash rain and subsequent tsunami would also affect neighboring Aegean islands such as Crete, Rhodes and Naxos.”

However, the German network reports that “studies leave open how much time is left until the Colombo explosion, evaluating it as possible in the future, but not imminent. With a time window of 150 years, however, scientists recommend that Columbus be permanently monitored with an observatory, but also with regular explorations of the seabed, so that when conditions become critical, the necessary measures can be taken immediately.”

DW – George Passas

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