Pompeii Volcano Report

Visitors can see the remains of the Pompeii citizens in the ruins of an ancient volcano eruption. There have been many volcanic eruptions throughout history. When a volcano erupts, it destroys everything near by. The eruption of Mount Vesuvius devastated and destroyed Pompeii. Understanding volcano eruptions can help scientists predict them, unlike in Pompeii an ancient volcanic disaster . There are several causes of volcanic eruptions. When magma forces its way up to the crust of the earth, this causes an eruption (Langley,2006). Therefore, the more scientists learn about magma, the more they learn about eruptions. During certain eruptions, up to 1.5 million tons of lava can be spewed per second(Heenan,2014). This shows scientists how dangerous volcanoes can be. Debris and smoke shoot out of the volcano right before it erupts (A+E network,2010). It would seem that this is enough warning that the volcano is going to erupt. One way that scientists can predict eruptions are monitoring the gases that occur before they
Scientists found the remains citizens perfectly preserved in the city(Langley,2006). The experts poured in a thick liquid, called plaster, to preserve the bodies. More than 2,000 people were killed in the disaster of Pompeii(Furgang,2001). The people of Pompeii died of the smoke and ash right before the lava came down the mountain. The ruins of a once great city Pompeii was found in the 1700’s when an unknown person found it. They didn’t recognize it as the ancient of Pompeii(World book,2012). They did not know for sure what they found until the experts came. The ruins of Pompeii is visited by 2.6 million people per year making Pompeii a very famous landmark(Heenan,2014). This is one of the most famous places in Rome. During the eruption of Pompeii ,smoke was rolling down Mount Vesuvius at 70 miles per hour(A+E