The Rumble Begins
Erupting in a varied amount of locations, volcanoes cause those living nearby to change their way of life and adjust to the environment that may have been affected by a recent eruption. These explosive lava chambers have been erupting for an extensive amount of time and continue to do so today, some in more locations than others. Volcanoes affect both the people and environment in a positive and negative way, such as a modification in scenery, increase in soil deposit, and the adaptations of people’s lifestyle to revolve around the eruption. A change in scenery can be both a positive and negative influence on the environment from the formation of beautiful sceneries over a period of time the ash polluting and darkening anything in its reach. The eruptions allow the ground around the volcanoes base to eventually turn into something visually pleasing depending on the area of the volcano. An example of this is in Hawaii which includes “well vegetated volcanic terrain and rainforest” (On the Slopes of Mauna Loa, Hawaii Island 9). The volcanoes here allow the terrain to turn into something worth sightseeing. While in other locations, volcanoes tend to destroy the ground around it. During some eruptions, the lava that erupts from it turns into fires which then demolishes anything surrounding it. That also affects any life in the …show more content…
This includes changes to the soil farmers use for a living. Depending on the location, volcanoes eruptions can benefit to the soil that surrounds it. A volcano “can take thousands of years of weathering for the ash and rock deposits to form a rich soil” (McDonaugh 4-6) depending on its location but after the wait, the soils will then become “among the richest soils on Earth” (McDonaugh 7). These changes in soil allow farmers to harvest a multitude of crops over many generations bringing positive effects of volcanoes into the