The risk that Santorini runs through Its volcano examines the BBC, whose group was found on the popular Greek island, as part of a research.
According to the report, under the famous villages of Santorini, on which a world -renowned tourism industry has been built, there is a risk of a powerful explosion.
The BBC News team spent one day on the Discovery Research Ship of the British Research Fleet, along with scientists exploring the Santorini underwater crater and the neighboring volcano of Columbus.
Just a few weeks ago, almost half of the 11,000 inhabitants of Santorini had been removed from the island for security reasons, when the island, for days, danced to the Richter dance. That period was a harsh reminder that, under the idyllic white villages, two tectonic plates collide.
Santorini: Investigations on the bottom with underwater robots collecting liquids, gases and rocks
The head of the mission is Professor Isobel Yeo, the British National Oceanography Center, a specialist in extremely dangerous submarine volcanoes.
Research, which is being carried out shortly after the earthquake barrel, is expected to help scientists understand what kind of seismic turmoil could indicate that a volcanic eruption is coming.
The latest explosion of Santorini was in 1950, but only in 2012 there was a “period of turmoil”, says Isobel, explaining that the magma then entered the volcanic chambers and the islands “swelled”.
As part of the study, Discovery members collect liquids, gases and rocks from the bottom of the sea, with the help of an underwater robot. “We know more about the surface of certain planets than what is there,” says Isobel.
Discovery explores the Caldera of Santorini and sails to Columbus, the other large volcano in the area, about 7 kilometers northeast of the island. The two volcanoes are not expected to explode immediately, but, according to the report, it is a matter of time.
The mission will create a sets of data and gearbox maps for the Greek Civil Protection Service, the BBC Professor Friday, a member of the government’s emergency group who met daily during the seismic crisis, explained to the BBC.
The aim of the group is to create a three -dimensional map that shows how the hydrothermal system is linked to the volcanic magma chamber, where an explosion is created.