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Yellowstone Supervolcano Eruptions Even Bigger Than Originally Thought (csmonitor.com)
schwit1 writes: A recent study published in the Geological Society of America Bulletin identifies an area of great volcanic activity along the Snake River Plain between Oregon and Yellowstone. While scientists have long known that the supervolcano now under Yellowstone left a trail of mega-eruptions across the Pacific Northwest, an international research team has found evidence of only 12 distinct eruptions, contradicting earlier theories that the eruptions were more numerous and less extreme.
"The size and magnitude of this newly defined eruption is as large, if not larger, than better known eruptions at Yellowstone," said the study's lead author, Dr. Thomas Knott, in a University of Leicester press release, "and it is just the first in an emerging record of newly discovered super-eruptions during a period of intense magmatic activity between 8 and 12 million years ago."
If Yellowstone blows, everything else facing mankind is bullshit in comparison.
Considering what he did to his son, I don't need that type of BDSM love.
"The size and magnitude of this newly defined eruption is as large, if not larger, than better known eruptions at Yellowstone," said the study's lead author, Dr. Thomas Knott, in a University of Leicester press release, "and it is just the first in an emerging record of newly discovered super-eruptions during a period of intense magmatic activity between 8 and 12 million years ago."
So he's a magmatician?
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>> the study's lead author, Dr. Thomas Knott, in a University of Leicester
Leicester leads the Premier League and suddenly their Uni profs are claiming 'super eruptions'.
I have plenty of common sense, I just choose to ignore it. -- Calvin
And here I was thinking the Islamists would be happy. Guess there really isn't much difference between "end of the world is nigh" religious types after all.
Time is what keeps everything from happening all at once.
Not really. Most Republicans, like most Democrats, are rational. The ones fapping to this are those who believe that a being supreme would only care about those who worship supreme beings. Intelligence dictates critical thinking, and critical thinking dictates questioning supreme beings.
Time is what keeps everything from happening all at once.
Oh dear, this article is filled with mostly trolls. Can't we please mod these all to -1 (editors, I'm looking at you) and allow the adults to have a discussion?
The Yellowstone area is fairly unique compared with its surroundings. It receives much harsher weather in the winter and far more snow, despite other areas being at similar altitude. The mountains generally prevent a lot of Pacific moisture from reaching Wyoming and Colorado. Much of the moisture is removed as clouds and precipitation as moist air ascents the mountains; this is called upslope flow. There's a rain shadow to the east of the mountains and the air becomes progressively drier as it crosses the mountains. Yellowstone is an exception because there aren't nearly as many mountains to the west to impede the moisture. Instead, the winds usually bring the moisture to Yellowstone along the Snake River Plain. The plain is a rift valley covered with sedimentary rocks atop igneous rocks, tracing the path of the Yellowstone hotspot for millions of years. The unique geology of the region has tremendous impacts on the weather patters of the area. Additionally, there's plenty of potential for geothermal energy under the Snake River Plain. Presumably if there have been fewer major eruptions in the distant past for this hotspot, it probably means there's a longer return period for a major eruption. While it's quite unlikely that such an eruption will happen anytime soon -- and monitoring magma and seismic activity in Yellowstone supports this -- it's good to better understand the risk and return period for a major eruption.
They've been telling us this for so long now that even the conspiracy theorists have latched on to it. The bottom line is nothing sells like fear. Personally I think the threat is overblown and overstated.
"All of our numbers were way off. With the new information, we have revised the likelihood of the next eruption occurring tomorrow, and..."
Well they do keep telling us we were made in His image, so....
I think if this is true then God isn't actually in heaven. He's in his parent's basement eating a bag of cheetos and playing Xbox.
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Can we leave the random tidbits to a site like Reddit, that actually posts this stuff in a timely manner? Volcanoes aren't really Slashies material to begin with. Maybe we could run with an Atari 400 article instead. It's no less grossly outdated but, it might actually be fun.
I can see that. The vast majority of people are much more rationale than the "God" that religionists portray.
Time is what keeps everything from happening all at once.
Too bad we can't tap that energy. We could get massive power and cool down the problem magma zit at the same time.
Table-ized A.I.
The threat is real, it will blow again. The whole "we're overdue" stuff is BS though, that's not how geology works.
It is amazing it has moved so much and yet we survived in the past 6,000 years!
I wonder if helped caused Noah's flood with all the moisture coming out and turned several people into sulfur salts at the dead sea as described by the book of genesis!
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Just the thought experiment of Yellowstone blowing puts humankind in perspective.
Maybe, but that'd be a reliable way to get rid of ISIS.
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We can build a wall around Yellowstone and make the University of Leicester pay for it.
When the Yellowstone Supervolcano erupts next it could represent a "Great Filter" event for the (modern) human race - especially if we are still earth bound.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Filter
The threat is real, it will blow again. The whole "we're overdue" stuff is BS though, that's not how geology works.
OK, "the probability of an eruption is steadily rising as time goes by". That says the same thing in "scientific" language.
I am sure that there are many other solipsists out there.
I found that the Bible is FAR more interesting when read in original Greek and Hebrew. You learn fun things like:
The word "Lucifer" never occurs at all (it's Latin, after all). The associated title "Morning Star" occurs only twice: once as part of a list of titles being applied to the king of Bablyon before his fall, and once by Jesus, who says "I am the Morning Star."
The word "Trinity" never occurs at all (that is true of the English version too, though).
The "holy spirit" is actually properly rendered "holy breath", and is never referred to as "he," but rather using a gender-neutral pronoun that means "it".
Jesus never once said the word "hell." He did make several obviously allegorical references to the valley that Jerusalem used as the city dump, however.
"Satan" is not a name, and is never used as a proper name. It means "obstacle" or "opposer," and occurs many times throughout the text in that context (and is properly translated, so English readers don't even know the word is there). In a few specific places, it is used as a title, literally "The Opposer" or "The Accuser", and is incorrectly transliterated to English without the article. Also, in all cases, the being isn't an enemy of God, but actually works exclusively and obediently under God's orders.
I could go on....but basically, reading the Bible in its original language completely destroys the founding doctrines of Fundamentalist Christianity. Or rather, it makes it clear that none of those doctrines are Biblical.
Sander's is the closest the U.S. has ever come to electing someone who isn't dedicated to funneling the labor of 99% into the coffers of the 1%.
The problem is, socialism tries to accomplish that by destroying any way for that 99% to become part of the 1%. Making everyone (except the 1% - more on that) equal by punishing success doesn't work. Ask Venezuela. Ask Greece. Or Detroit. Hell ask the Soviet Union - oh wait, you can't. It failed so bad it's fucking gone.
And socialism hardly does anything to get rid of the 1% - after all, who better to tell the 99% how to live than the "deserving" 1% - especially if the 1% is mostly sheltered whites with a few token brown people tossed in? Limousine liberals are hardly giving up their Manhattan condos or their CA homes to us unwashed masses.
That's OK.
Turns out the whole concept of virgin birth was just a typo.
Faster! Faster! Faster would be better!
God loves us so much he's willing to torture us for eternity with never ending fire. Sounds like he loves us just like an abusive father "loves" their child. Someone should call Child Protective Services on God since he's such a lover of his children.
Men rarely (if ever) manage to dream up a God superior to themselves. Most Gods have the manners and morals of a spoiled child.
[Robert Heinlein, "Notebooks of Lazarus Long," from Time Enough for Love (1973).]
Faster! Faster! Faster would be better!
C'mon, you guys, that's some funny shit! Lighten up!
I could go on....but basically, reading the Bible in its original language completely destroys the founding doctrines of Fundamentalist Christianity. Or rather, it makes it clear that none of those doctrines are Biblical.
Please. We're talking about religion here, where anything goes. Literally, anything. It's a topic on which people are willing to be completely credulous about imaginary stuff. You can't talk about translations or accretions to people who believe the Bible is the inerrant Word of God, nor do they care where their doctrine came from, nor how contradictory their theology is. Logic has no place here.
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That's true, but the fact that the uncertainty in the measurement is much larger than its rate of change means that it isn't a very useful statement.
"[Regarding the 'cloud,'] ownership was what made America different than Russia." -- Woz
Not if, but when.
640,000 years ago = Quaternary mass extinction event
There wasn't a significant mass extinction event then. In fact, there hasn't been a significant one during the entire known lifespan of the Yellowstone hotspot.
But do I have to worry today? No? OK then.. back to what I was doing... :-)
Rather like the probably of your death rises as you go through life - never mind there's always a 100% probability of death.
Even bigger than originally thought? Voting will now commence in the House on renaming it "The Yellowstone Super-supervolcano."
640,000 years should be enough for anyone!
ISIS > ICE IS > ICE.
With this breakthrough epiphany, we can further slow the eruption of Yellowstone by cooling its inner temperature down. How? Simple! Regular "Donations" of ISIS members, deposited through the top like a piggy bank.