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NeonLX » 25 Apr 2015 02:19 wrote:Nordic » Fri Apr 24, 2015 2:43 am wrote:eruptions 2m, 1.2m and 640,000 years ago.
Seems pretty regular. Like "Old Faithful". Seems we're just about due another blast. Give or take a few thousand years.
I've had this strong notion, for quite some time, to move to the Southern Hemisphere ....
New Zealand appeals to me in a very big way.
So does Iceland, but things are a bit bubbly underground there.
NASA considers puncturing Yellowstone supervolcano to save life on Earth
by Greg Beach
A new study from NASA’s Jet Propulsion unit has determined that the threat of a supervolcanic eruption to life on Earth may be more pressing than any interstellar collisions. An eruption of a supervolcano, like that found in Yellowstone National Park in the United States, could trigger a collapse of the global agricultural and economic systems and result in the deaths of potentially millions of people. Although NASA scientists can’t predict when such an event would occur, they have already begun preparing a preventative measure: drilling into the magma chamber of a supervolcano to cool it down.
Although the potential consequences of a supervolcano eruption would be devastating, earthlings should rest easy knowing that the chance of such an eruption taking place this year is roughly 1-in-730,000. Even then, there is a chance that it could be nothing more than a little lava flow. Nonetheless, NASA scientists are preparing to deal with the problem before it happens.
Magma eruptions occur only when it is thoroughly melted by intense heat; cooling magma down by 35 percent would prevent a supervolcano from erupting. To do this, the scientists envision using a drill to puncture above the chamber, where hydrothermal fluids are pushed to the surface. Adding water in this highly pressurized environment would be sufficient to cool the magma.
To avoid fracturing the surrounding rock and potentially setting off an eruption, NASA scientists suggest drilling into the supervolcano from below. It is estimated that such a plan would cost around $3.5 billion, although governments would be encouraged to think of this as an investment: Excess heat could be captured and transformed into clean energy.
Although the potential consequences of a supervolcano eruption would be devastating, earthlings should rest easy knowing that the chance of such an eruption taking place this year is roughly 1-in-730,000. Even then, there is a chance that it could be nothing more than a little lava flow. Nonetheless, NASA scientists are preparing to deal with the problem before it happens.
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Missing: seismologist
In this researchers team was also Stephen Grant, a seismologist at the University of Austin, Texas. When talking about his estimation about the possibility of a volcanic eruption, he declared: « The risk of a destructive eruption is very real.»
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Stephen Grand, a seismologist at the University of Texas at Austin, previously said: “I think the risk of a destructive eruption here is very real.”
Can Humans Cause Earthquakes and Use Them As Weapons? We'll Probably Find Out Soon Enough
Once the topic of arcane science, defense research and conspiracy theories, wider questions emerge on the role humans played in recent earthquakes.
By Scott Thill / AlterNet
March 9, 2009, 9:00 PM GMT
http://www.alternet.org/story/130892/ca ... oon_enough
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