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Daily Smile: Tuesday, December 13, 2022


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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Is <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Yellowstone?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Yellowstone</a> overdue for an <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/eruption?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#eruption</a>? Mike Poland, scientist-in-charge of the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/YellowstoneVolcanoObservatory?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#YellowstoneVolcanoObservatory</a> debunks this common misconception & brings you up-to-date on activity over the past month (<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/seismic?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#seismic</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/deformation?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#deformation</a>, Steamboat geyser) in this <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/YVO?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#YVO</a> video update. <a href="https://t.co/bPty262CZi">pic.twitter.com/bPty262CZi</a></p>— USGS Volcanoes🌋 (@USGSVolcanoes) <a href="https://twitter.com/USGSVolcanoes/status/1356428318258659328?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 2, 2021</a></blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
</div></figure><p>A scientist studying Yellowstone National Park&#x2019;s volcanic activity diffused any rumors that the park is overdue for a large eruption earlier this week. </p>
<p>In the Yellowstone Volcanic Observatory&#x2019;s monthly update, scientist Mike Poland shot down the notion that Yellowstone&#x2019;s supervolcano is overdue for eruption and that lava could start flowing any second. </p>
<p>&#x201C;This isn&#x2019;t true,&#x201D; he said. &#x201C;There&#x2019;s two reasons why this is the case. First: volcanoes don&#x2019;t work that way. They don&#x2019;t erupt on schedules.&#x201D; </p>
<p>Yellowstone has three calderas and two resurgent domes</p>
<p>Poland explained that volcanoes erupt when there is a sufficient supply of a reputable magma beneath its surface coupled with enough pressure to get that magma up to the surface. </p>
<p>He added that the magma chamber underneath the volcano is only 5-15% magma, which is not enough to generate a large eruption or explosion. </p>
<p>According to the Yellowstone website, the volcano&#x2019;s last large eruption happened around 174,000 years ago, creating what is now the West Thumb of Yellowstone Lake. </p>
<p>There have been 60 smaller eruptions since, the last of which occurred around 70,000 years ago. </p>
<p>Poland said that even if the volcano erupted on a schedule, the math didn&#x2019;t work out to it erupting &#x201C;soon.&#x201D; Really, the math showed the volcano wouldn&#x2019;t erupt again for another 100,000 years. </p>
<p>&#x201C;Point being, Yellowstone is not overdue,&#x201D; Poland said. &#x201C;And frankly, if you hear someone on a documentary or the internet saying &#x2018;Yellowstone&#x2019;s overdue,&#x2019; you know right off the bat that they don&#x2019;t know what they&#x2019;re talking about at all.&#x201D; </p>
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A scientist studying Yellowstone National Park's volcanic activity diffused any rumors that the park is overdue for a large eruption earlier this week.

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