Yellowstone Supervolcano Concerns Experts More Than Ever — Is An Eruption Imminent?

The Yellowstone supervolcano is raising concerns again, with an extended risk warning. Experts are worried about the deep magma intrusion that has been developing since it was found approximately four decades ago. The reckless behavior of the volcano has been recently examined, and scientists stated how their work wouldn’t stop anytime soon.

Recent Research of Yellowstone Supervolcano Raises More Concerns

For their current research, scientists utilized the GPS modeling to render what might influence the reckless behavior of the Yellowstone volcano. The volcano’s ground appears to be decreasing and increasing in random patterns.

A vast body of magma has also been detected intruding the underneath Norris Geyser Basin area, sometime in the 1990s. The modeling of GPS and interferometric synthetic aperture radar details indicates an increasing process of deep magma intrusion between 1996 and 2001.

“An episode of unusually rapid uplift centered near Norris Geyser Basin along the north caldera rim began in late 2013 and continued until an earthquake on March 30, 2014, thereafter, uplift abruptly switched to subsidence,” reads a fragment from the research.

The Norris Geyser Basin Explained

The Norris Geyser Basin is that area of the Yellowstone park, considered to be the hottest yet the oldest, and most active of thermal emission. It’s also part as massive as the size of Chicago. Currently, the Norris Geyser Basin is at the most risk, and an eruption could start anytime in Yellowstone’s supervolcano.

In the Norris Geyser Basin, hydrothermal explosion features occur a lot, and the visible shallow environment of the volatile gathering suggests an extended risk of hydrothermal explosions.

Should We Worry About The Supervolcano Eruption?

Currently, the magma-originated fluids are closer to the ground than before, almost a mile or so below Yellowstone. The research, however, shows us how much we should worry. Jacob Lowenstern from the Yellowstone Volcano Observatory’s Scientists discussed the average eruption intervals. He said that “it wouldn’t be overdue for another 70,000 years.”