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It is believed that the famous supervolcano in Yellowstone national park is theoretically able to draw most United States to ashes. Despite the fact that his last the eruption took place about 640 thousand years ago, and according to forecasts scientists to the next surge of activity is still far, experts with anxiously monitor any changes in the state of the caldera.
A new cause for concern recently voiced by American geologists who have determined that over the past 20 years the basin the volcano slowly but relentlessly expanded, destroying trees around you. So, a pale spot is visible on satellite photos of 1994 on land on which almost no plants are left. Unable to withstand hot soil, they simply dried up.
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By 2006, this spot was even bigger, but a real shock waiting for researchers when they got acquainted with aerial photographs Yellowstone National Park, completed in 2017. The “dead zone” near the volcano has increased many times over, and its area amounted to over 8 hectares. Project specialists report this “Yellowstone Caldera Chronicles”, whose purpose is precisely in monitoring the activities of a supervolcano.
Experts who regularly monitor the caldera, They say that in these areas underground there are areas with hot springs, which in the park are already there are about 10 thousand. However, many scientists do not see in this is nothing potentially dangerous and argue that such a situation things meets even the most optimistic expectations, because such volcanoes behave this way.
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But other experts are already trying to find a way to counter Yellowstone Super Volcano, if it nevertheless comes to a state activity. Some scientists suggest drilling a 10-kilometer well and pour a huge amount of water into the basin to cool volcano and relieve pressure in it. This idea, filtering out at 3.5 billion dollars is considered one of the most realistic options. And although it has not been discussed for the first year in the United States, until it got off the ground for many reasons and in the first the turn of the fact that the consequences of such an intervention do not predict maybe no one. However, perhaps the government simply does not allocate for is it money or is looking for cheaper, more reliable options countering this threat. Meanwhile, the supervolcano continues burn vegetation and demonstrate its ever-increasing activity…
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