Scientists working in Yellowstone national Park, argue that the SUPERVOLCANOsleeping under a popular tourist attraction, you may Wake up earlier than they expected. In addition, this eruption may well become and natural phenomena in a real Apocalypse, the power which can destroy life on our planet.
Researchers from the University of Arizona, analyzed the mineral composition of petrified ash of the world’s last megasurge and found changes in temperature and composition of the samples, which took place just a few decades. Until now, geologists believed that to rebuild from sleep mode to awake mode the volcano will take centuries.
In addition, in another study conducted in 2011, found the layer of earth above the magma reservoir in Yellowstone grew 10 inches in seven years. Such a rise is unusual, as it affects a large area, and the figure is quite high.
Attractions of the Park such as the geyser Old faithful and Bolsha prismatic spring, which attracts tourists from all over the world, are signs that under the Park is a huge reservoir of magma.
About 630,000 years ago a powerful eruption shook the region. It became the cause of education and the Yellowstone Caldera — the bowl of a width of 40 miles, which occupies a large part of the Park.
The researchers found that a dormant volcano has the ability to spew over 1000 cubic kilometers of lava and ash. This is enough to cover most of the United States with ash and may to plunge the Earth into volcanic winter.
