Sinabung Volcano in Indonesia by Caleb Rodriguez
The people of Indonesia are used to volcanoes with more than 120 of them being active as Indonesia sits in the Pacific “ring of fire”. In the past 10 years the Sinabung Volcano has killed 26 people total from 3 different eruptions causing 30,000 people to move away from their homes to not be affected as much by the volcano. The volcano off of the island of Sumatra shot ash thousands of feet in the sky and villagers were told to stay 3 miles away from the craters mouth. Though air travel has not been effected, experts are still monitoring this highly active volcano.
How do you think the ash effects the livestock and farming?
When ash from the volcano settles how do they get it out of their drinking water?
How long does the ash stay lingering in the sky for?
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ReplyDelete1. Very negatively due to blotting out the sun, and raining down and killing the plants/ polluting the water.
ReplyDelete2. Filtration/water boiling.
3. Probably a week or two.
The ash can effect livestock and farming because the ash will contaminate the produce that the farmer is trying to sell and can cause livestock to be sick. - Steven Solomon
ReplyDeleteAsh affects livestock and farming because it falls on their crops which kills them and causes production to go down. I feel like ash stays in the sky for a while. -Campbell Marino
ReplyDeleteThe ash falling onto everything would have a very negative impact. The water would be completely unsafe to drink and a lot of the animals would die from inhaling the ash and the plants would die as well because they would not be able to photosynthesize with so much ash in the air.
ReplyDeletewhen the ash gets in the air it will start to pollute any process of the plant trying to obtain energy -Ryan Smith
ReplyDeleteI think that livestock can be hurt heavily by ash because they can eat it and possibly die from the side affects. I think there would have to be a lot of filtration to get it out of water but I feel like it would be very hard to get it out of water. Ash can stay in the air for a long time as a cloud. -Erik E
ReplyDeleteI wouldn't live near a place that has active volcanoes because the ash from eruptions would cause too many problems to live peacefully and comfortably.
ReplyDeletecharles poe
I think the way that ash affects the farming is that the ash could have a significant impact on the soil which could cause the soil to not be very good for farming. I think that if the ash gets into the drinking water there is little to be done. -Kevin Gu
ReplyDeleteI think the ash effects the livestock because it falls on their crops and contaminates the produce.
ReplyDeleteI would say about a week or 9 days.
ReplyDeleteI think that the ash could cause great harm to livestock in the area because the air quality is really damaged from the ash just like in the wildfires. The ashes could really cause great damage to the lungs of the animals. The ashes could also really damage the water because it like little things of bacteria now in the water.
ReplyDelete-Sophia Becklenberg
The ash would harm everything from the livestock, to the water. The water would be polluted from the ash and not safe to drink and would most likely last for at least a week. Sarah LaChance
ReplyDeletei think it causes a lot of problem with the live stock because the ash that falls is there ecosystem -Ryan Carter
ReplyDeletei think it causes a lot of problem with the live stock because the ash that falls is there ecosystem -Ryan Carter
ReplyDeleteThis ash can affect the livestock and farming by causing the livestock to breathe in this ash filled air constantly which would slowly deteriorate their lungs. To get ash out of the drinking water they would have to do focused filtration on the water multiple times to be one hundred percent certain that the water is clean. - Joe Panthalani
ReplyDeleteIm not sure how you could salvage the water polluted by the ash, ash in water can clog and damage filters at intake structures and treatment plants and increase the wear on pumps used in water systems too. it would be better to not even try, may be for trouble than its worth
ReplyDeletekorenll smith
Deletewhen the ash gets in water, it is very difficult to get out but they could use a kind of filter that filters out the germs and ash from the water as they drink it or collect it.
ReplyDelete-Maddie Silk
Ash would greatly effect farming because in places like this people will be unable to move livestock which will kill them and cost them money no to mention the crops and food supply that will be destroyed. In rural places this could be devastating because people will lose money and resources.
ReplyDelete-John Ellis
Livestock eating pasture that is contaminated with ash can suffer and die from gastrointestinal blockages. Shortages of uncontaminated feed and water after an ashfall can also lead to starvation. Survival of agricultural crops and pasture is often severely limited when ash thickness is greater than 100-150 mm
ReplyDeleteella clemens
I think volcanos are cool, but not when they are causing 30,000 people to move away just to be safe.-Takia McMorris
ReplyDeletei think the ash would clear from the air in a week or so but the effects of it will stay a lot longer -sophia
ReplyDeleteI think that the ash actually has a positive impact on agriculture. Ash has nutrients that actually make the soil richer and more ideal for crops as well as water retention. When I was younger, my grandpa and I would set fire to the grass in our backyard in the late winter, so the ash would help new grass grow fresh in the spring. -Kendall Dees
ReplyDeleteI think the smoke in the air could clear pretty quickly but would get trapped in the stratosphere. Lannah
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