A Brief FAQ About Recent News Reports
February 28, 2014
Recent weeks have seen a flurry of news, real and imagined, about the Yellowstone volcanic system. We present here a brief FAQ about several topics that have appeared in recent news reports.
Has earthquake activity at Yellowstone increased dramatically over the last month?
No. Earthquake activity is normal. When earthquakes occur, they appear on the University of Utah's Yellowstone Earthquake Map, or on the YVO monitoring page.
Also see our February 5, 2014 Information
Statement about the misinterpretation of noise from a broken seismometer.
Is the recent episode of ground deformation worrisome?
No. Current rates of ground deformation are well within historical norms. Please see our February 18, 2014 Information Statement, for more information about ground deformation at Yellowstone
Do helium emissions at Yellowstone signal an impending eruption?
No. YVO Scientist-in-Charge Jacob Lowenstern and colleagues recently published research on helium (He) emissions at Yellowstone in the journal Nature.
Is the recent episode of ground deformation worrisome?
No. Current rates of ground deformation are well within historical norms. Please see our February 18, 2014 Information Statement, for more information about ground deformation at Yellowstone
Do helium emissions at Yellowstone signal an impending eruption?
No. YVO Scientist-in-Charge Jacob Lowenstern and colleagues recently published research on helium (He) emissions at Yellowstone in the journal Nature.
The new
research looked at apparent changes in the helium output of the Yellowstone
area during its two-million-year volcanic history, compared with the previous
two billion years of comparative stability.
The research has nothing to do with
current activity at Yellowstone, and has no implications about volcanic hazards.
For a humorous and informative take on the new research, watch this video,
or read this news
article.
Source - http://volcanoes.usgs.gov/observatories/yvo/
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And if the threat from Yellowstone volcano is really increasing - would they tell us?
Imagine what an announcement like that would do to real estate values in the surrounding area and to the countless other aspects of our lives that would be affected by simply confirming unusual increased activity.
As a sign of government and media lack of transparency, observe how they are hiding the extent of the Fukushima radioactive contamination of oceans, land and air that has already reached North America.
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And if the threat from Yellowstone volcano is really increasing - would they tell us?
Imagine what an announcement like that would do to real estate values in the surrounding area and to the countless other aspects of our lives that would be affected by simply confirming unusual increased activity.
As a sign of government and media lack of transparency, observe how they are hiding the extent of the Fukushima radioactive contamination of oceans, land and air that has already reached North America.
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