After a recent spate of minor earthquake activity in eastern California, some scientists are suggesting that the "Ring of Fire" may possibly be about to awaken in an area near Mammoth Lakes, app. 200 miles due east of San Fransisco. Although the likelihood of an eruption is still considered quite small, there have been plenty of indications in recent months that volcanic activity around the Pacific Rim is definitely on the rise and continuing to do so as we dive deeper into the cyclical "solar minimum" (a period of very low sunspot activity, and global cooling.)
Here is a link to an article about the situation in the area:
https://pubs.usgs.gov/dds/dds-81/Intro/facts-sheet/futureeruptions.html
Here is an interesting excerpt from the above link:
"As long as increased volcanic unrest (including earthquake swarms, ground deformation, and CO2 gas emissions) continues in the Long Valley area, the chances of an eruption occurring in the near future will remain somewhat increased. However, evidence from large volcanic areas and calderas worldwide shows that unrest, such as the current activity in eastern California, can persist for decades or even centuries without leading to an eruption. Nevertheless, recent eruptions at Rabaul Caldera in Papua New Guinea (1994) and the Izu volcanic complex in Japan (1989) following short periods of unrest emphasize the need to closely monitor restless calderas. When an eruption does break out in the Long Valley area, its impact will depend on the location, size, and type of eruption, as well as the wind direction. Also, an eruption during the winter months could melt heavy snow packs, generating mudflows and locally destructive flooding. Most likely, the next eruption will be small and similar to previous eruptions along the Mono-Inyo volcanic chain during the past 5,000 years. Such eruptions typically begin with a series of steam-blast explosions as rising molten rock (magma) encounters and vaporizes underground water near the Earth's surface. These blasts can throw large blocks of rock and smaller fragments hundreds of feet into the air, leaving deep, circular pits like the Inyo Craters."
Here is a link to the recent earthquake activity in the area surrounding the calderas:
Meanwhile, the "global wa..."...uh..."climate change" "experts" keep telling us that the solar minimum has little or nothing to do with the changes some are claiming are rampant in our global climate; and that, instead, it is human activity which is to blame. They are licking their collective chops at the prospect of global climate taxes and further restrictions on human activity-- such as industrial production-- as they seek to "re-wild" the globe and to reduce human populations by as much as 90%.
There can be little doubt that volcanic and earthquake activity, worldwide, has been on the rise worldwide for the past few months and years, and that this is occurring at the same time that the sun-spot cycle is clearly entering a dormant period. But a causative connection between the two events can never be admitted, as it takes humanity off the hook and takes away one of TPTB's tools for manipulating the planet.
While the chances of an eruption in Mammoth Lakes are small, and the chances of the eruption (were it to even occur) being large are also small, this is just one more area that certainly demands our close attention for the next few years.