Scientists closely monitoring Yellowstone

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This is a couple years old from the Idaho Observer.

Just some food for thought.



Scientists closely monitoring Yellowstone

Recent eruptions, 200 degree ground temperatures, bulging magma and 84 degree water temperatures prompt heightened srutiny of park's geothermal activity

BILLINGS, Mont. -- Yellowstone National Park happens to be on top of one of the largest “super volcanoes” in the world. Geologists claim the Yellowstone Park area has been on a regular eruption cycle of 600,000 years. The last eruption was 640,000 years ago making the next one long overdue. This next eruption could be 2,500 times the size of the 1980 Mount St. Helens eruption. Volcanologists have been tracking the movement of magma under the park and have calculated that, in parts of Yellowstone, the ground has risen over seventy centimeters this century.

In July, 2003, Yellowstone Park rangers closed the entire Norris Geyser Basin because of deformation of the land and excessive high ground temperatures. There is an area that is 28 miles long by 7 miles wide that has bulged upward over five inches since 1996, and this year the ground temperature on that bulge has reached over 200 degrees (measured one inch below ground level).

There was no choice but to close off the entire area. Everything in this area is dying: The trees, flowers, grass and shrubs. A dead zone is developing and spreading outward. The animals are literally migrating out of the park.

Then during the last part of July one of the Park geologists discovered a huge bulge at the bottom of Yellowstone Lake. The bulge has already risen over 100 feet from the bottom of the lake and the water temperature at the surface of the bulge has reached 88 degrees and is still rising.

Keep in mind that Yellowstone Lake is a high mountain lake with very cold water temperatures. The Lake is now closed to the public. It is filled with dead fish floating everywhere. The same is true of the Yellowstone river and most of the other streams in the Park. Dead and dying fish are filling the water everywhere.

Many of the picnic areas in the Park have been closed and people visiting the Park usually stay but a few hours before leaving since the stench of sulfur is so strong they literally can't stand the smell.

The irony of all this is the silence by the news media and our government. Very little information is available from Yellowstone personnel or publications. What mainstream newsstories do appear underscore the likelihood of a massive volcanic eruption. Though geologists publicly admit Yellowstone is “overdue,” they have been quoted as stating another massive magma release may not occur for 100,000 or 2 million years. Others close to the story are convinced that a massive eruption is imminent. A source that has demonstrated first-hand knowledge of the park's history and recent geothermal events stated the following: “The American people are not being told that the explosion of this 'super volcano' could happen at any moment. When Yellowstone does blow, some geologists predict that every living thing within six hundred miles is likely to die. The movement of magma has been detected just three-tenths of a mile below the bulging surface of the ground in Yellowstone raising concerns that this super volcano may erupt soon.”
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I saw a Sci Channel 2 hour dealy on supervolcanoes just two weeks ago. If that thing does pop, it will mess up the world with a pseudo nuclear winter shroud dust cloud for a good year and a half. Famine and extreme cold will mess things up good.
 
unclehobart said:
I saw a Sci Channel 2 hour dealy on supervolcanoes just two weeks ago. If that thing does pop, it will mess up the world with a pseudo nuclear winter shroud dust cloud for a good year and a half. Famine and extreme cold will mess things up good.
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Get your MRE's today, because they may not be available tomorrow...;)

Overdue for a volcanic eruption is a bad sign...40,000 years overdue is a very bad sign. Does this coincide with the 100,000 year global warming cycle we're now coming up on? :lloyd:
 
Gato_Solo said:
Get your MRE's today, because they may not be available tomorrow...;)

Overdue for a volcanic eruption is a bad sign...40,000 years overdue is a very bad sign. Does this coincide with the 100,000 year global warming cycle we're now coming up on? :lloyd:
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And the world shall end in fire and ice...

:nerd:

At the risk of sounding alarmist however, there was just a 20-30 meter shift between two tectonic plates. That's a huge shift by geologic standards. Maybe it is a bad sign. :eek:
 
unclehobart said:
I saw a Sci Channel 2 hour dealy on supervolcanoes just two weeks ago.
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Me too. Seems the immediate affected area went from northern Mexico to the pacific & damn near to the Mississippi? That region would cease to exist because of magma & ash.
 
Yellowstone is pegged for two different types of eruptions. The more common water-hitting-magma is the more likely scenerio, far less destructive. The super-boomer scenerio is less likely and not due for another ~1/2 million years.

Either way, I wouldn't want to live somewhere with a view of it. :swing:
 
Gonz said:
Me too. Seems the immediate affected area went from northern Mexico to the pacific & damn near to the Mississippi? That region would cease to exist because of magma & ash.
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What blew me away was that a huge chunk of forest was now in a lake because the rapid bubbling of the landscape over the last 2 years has caused a lake to slide out of place by 50-60 feet. It turned out that the whole area had lifted up massively... a HUGE area. That is rather scary.
 
freako104 said:
aww I thought it was gunna be a comet :mope:
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1. Giant comet hits the earth.
2. Ejects billions of tons of white hot debris into the stratosphere which falls back creating a global firestorm.
3. The resulting ash and smoke block 90% of the sunlight for 8 or 10 years, making nuclear winter look like a cool day in May, resulting in a new ice age.

Happy now? :lloyd:

BTW, in a really large or really high speed impact, the resultant tsunami in the magma circling the globe at near the speed of sound a few times means most folks wouldn't have to sweat the firestorm or cold weather. :nerd:
 
chcr said:
1. Giant comet hits the earth.
2. Ejects billions of tons of white hot debris into the stratosphere which falls back creating a global firestorm.
3. The resulting ash and smoke block 90% of the sunlight for 8 or 10 years, making nuclear winter look like a cool day in May, resulting in a new ice age.

Happy now? :lloyd:

BTW, in a really large or really high speed impact, the resultant tsunami in the magma circling the globe at near the speed of sound a few times means most folks wouldn't have to sweat the firestorm or cold weather. :nerd:
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yes. yes I am :D
 
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