Scientists: Yellowstone Supervolcano even bigger than previously thought

[davidn3600]

SALT LAKE CITY — Yellowstone's underground volcanic plumbing is bigger and better connected than scientists thought, researchers reported here today (April 17) at the Seismological Society of America's annual meeting.

"We are getting a much better understanding of the volcanic system of Yellowstone," said Jamie Farrell, a seismology graduate student at the University of Utah. "The magma reservoir is at least 50 percent larger than previously imaged."

Knowing the volume of molten magma beneath Yellowstone is important for estimating the size of future eruptions, Farrell told OurAmazingPlanet.

http://news.yahoo.com/yellowstones-volcano-bigger-thought-134714973.html

[applegrove]

1. If she blows...that's it for all of us. No point in worrying about it.

[hunter]

2. It'll probably erupt just in time to save the earth from a runaway greenhouse effect.

Note, I said the earth, not us...

The planet'll shake us off like a bad case of fleas. -- George Carlin