Saturday, October 14, 2017

Evidence Suggests Updated Timeline Towards Yellowstone's Supervolcano Eruption - Slashdot

Evidence Suggests Updated Timeline Towards Yellowstone's Supervolcano Eruption - Slashdot: "Camel Pilot writes:
Geologist have been aware of fresh magma moving in the Yellowstone's super volcano system.
Image result for Yellowstone's Supervolcano EruptionPreviously this was thought to precede an eruption by thousands of years.
Recent evidence by Hannah Shamloo, a graduate student at Arizona State University, demonstrates that perhaps the timeline from the underground basin filling to eruption is more on the scale of decades. 
A super volcano eruption has the power to alter life's story on this earth and even destroy all life on a continent.
In light of this, it seems like a good time to invest some effort and resources into finding ways to prepare, delay or deflect the potential threat.
The research was presented at the International Association of Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earth's Interior (IAVCEI) 2017 conference in Portland, Oregon."

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