10.3 million year old Caldera Awakens... USGS Scrambling..

[Billy_Bob]

If it blows again there will be no life within 250+ miles. It will be a modern Krakatoa.

Actually, compared to Yellowstone, Krakatoa was a small blip.

Well Krakatoa was no small eruption, but from what I've read yes if Yellowstone goes off the entire US will be in deep trouble and it will gravely affect the whole world. Mt Saint Helens knocked down the forest out to 40 miles which is about the only direct eruption we have in the US in modern times to reference. A Yellowstone eruption would be catastrophic though. I'm not well read on Yellowstone and go only by the various documentaries I've seen. It wouldn't come close to the Steppes eruption that likely brought on the P/T extinction but it would be huge. Certainly a geologic event that would record itself in a layer of soil around the world. And it COULD happen at any time.

Its about the size of a gnat in comparison to Yellowstone.

 

[Billy_Bob]

If Yellowstone blows, pretty much ends the need to debate climate change. It will be more real than any human cause. Nature makes us look like the pissants we are.

Not so... any effect on global temps would be short lived, and the ash itself would be fairly local. And global warming would continue...

LOL.....

TO damn funny... Do you have a clue what has triggered ice ages before? And no GW would not continue you fool..

This is the Ash cloud that measures 3" or more... The entire globe will be affected and the Cold will be massive..

 

[Fort Fun Indiana]

If Yellowstone blows, pretty much ends the need to debate climate change. It will be more real than any human cause. Nature makes us look like the pissants we are.

Not so... any effect on global temps would be short lived, and the ash itself would be fairly local. And global warming would continue...

LOL.....

TO damn funny... Do you have a clue what has triggered ice ages before? And no GW would not continue you fool..

This is the Ash cloud that measures 3" or more... The entire globe will be affected and the Cold will be massive..

No, in terms of climate, the change would not last very long. Yes, once it wore off, of course global warming would continue. It would make itself known even during the temporary cool period, which will be warmer, because of global warming, than it would otherwise. No, it would not trigger an ice age.

 

[Billy_Bob]

There have been over 1,346 earth quakes in this 100 mile square area in less than 30 days... Ground deformation is being noted... there are now 4 USGS crews looking into the current quake swarm. YVO is now on an elevated status looking at their data point stations very closely..

In my opinion, they are very nervous.

 

[Billy_Bob]

If Yellowstone blows, pretty much ends the need to debate climate change. It will be more real than any human cause. Nature makes us look like the pissants we are.

Not so... any effect on global temps would be short lived, and the ash itself would be fairly local. And global warming would continue...

LOL.....

TO damn funny... Do you have a clue what has triggered ice ages before? And no GW would not continue you fool..

This is the Ash cloud that measures 3" or more... The entire globe will be affected and the Cold will be massive..

No, in terms of climate, the change would not last very long. Yes, once it wore off, of course global warming would continue. It would make itself known even during the temporary cool period, which will be warmer, because of global warming, than it would otherwise. No, it would not trigger an ice age.

LOL

You really are a moron.. Stratosphere particulates would remain for 30+ years. Cooling will be massive GLOBALLY! The death toll and the loss of life would be massive. As it is, you cant discern what mans contribution is because it is to small to measure, with our current very low understanding of our climatic system.. How are you going to prove a significantly diminished global human foot print, when that would be much smaller?

Again, you don't have a clue.

 

[Fort Fun Indiana]

If Yellowstone blows, pretty much ends the need to debate climate change. It will be more real than any human cause. Nature makes us look like the pissants we are.

Not so... any effect on global temps would be short lived, and the ash itself would be fairly local. And global warming would continue...

LOL.....

TO damn funny... Do you have a clue what has triggered ice ages before? And no GW would not continue you fool..

This is the Ash cloud that measures 3" or more... The entire globe will be affected and the Cold will be massive..

No, in terms of climate, the change would not last very long. Yes, once it wore off, of course global warming would continue. It would make itself known even during the temporary cool period, which will be warmer, because of global warming, than it would otherwise. No, it would not trigger an ice age.

LOL

You really are a moron.. Stratosphere particulates would remain for 30+ years. Cooling will be massive GLOBALLY! The death toll and the loss of life would be massive. As it is, you cant discern what mans contribution is because it is to small to measure, with our current very low understanding of our climatic system.. How are you going to prove a significantly diminished global human foot print, when that would be much smaller?

Again, you don't have a clue.

While it would be disastrous, you overestimate the duration of effects on climate. The super-eruption of 76,000 years ago was bigger than any Yellowstone super-eruption in history. It caused a global winter for about a decade. The warming driver of the increase of greenhouse gases in our atmosphere will cause our climate to trap more heat than it would otherwise. Yes, that's settled science.

 

[Old Rocks]

Silly Billy also overestimates the significance of the quake swarms on the northern end of the basin and range province. Very common, and nothing to worry about.

 

[Fort Fun Indiana]

Billy bob: "USGS scrambling"

USGS: "Billy Bob makes up a lot of stuff. There is nothing to be concerned about."

 

[Billy_Bob]

Billy bob: "USGS scrambling"

USGS: "Billy Bob makes up a lot of stuff. There is nothing to be concerned about."

The aerosols and particulates will be in the air for 30-50 years. The resulting cool down will trigger the next glacial cycle. And your using your crystal ball again and ignoring empirical evidence that is currently being observed.. We have never seen the build up to a super eruption so we have little knowledge to go on.. What we do know is crustal deformation is a late sign and one that worries a whole lot of people.

 

[Fort Fun Indiana]

USGS: Volcano Hazards Program YVO Yellowstone

USGS:

Alert level: normal

Color code: green

 

[petro]

If Yellowstone blows, pretty much ends the need to debate climate change. It will be more real than any human cause. Nature makes us look like the pissants we are.

Not so... any effect on global temps would be short lived, and the ash itself would be fairly local. And global warming would continue...

LOL.....

TO damn funny... Do you have a clue what has triggered ice ages before? And no GW would not continue you fool..

This is the Ash cloud that measures 3" or more... The entire globe will be affected and the Cold will be massive..

Which ends civilization therefore ending the debate.

 

[SSDD]

Billy bob: "USGS scrambling"

USGS: "Billy Bob makes up a lot of stuff. There is nothing to be concerned about."

The aerosols and particulates will be in the air for 30-50 years. The resulting cool down will trigger the next glacial cycle. And your using your crystal ball again and ignoring empirical evidence that is currently being observed.. We have never seen the build up to a super eruption so we have little knowledge to go on.. What we do know is crustal deformation is a late sign and one that worries a whole lot of people.

Funny guys aren't they...disregard the possibility of actual disaster in favor of non existent warming by CO2...an entirely hypothetical effect that has yet to be measured...there is not the first piece of evidence of a coherent relationship between absorption and emission of IR and warming in the atmosphere.

 

[Billy_Bob]

Billy bob: "USGS scrambling"

USGS: "Billy Bob makes up a lot of stuff. There is nothing to be concerned about."

Ignoring the axial tilt and position in time of the Milankovich cycle is a fools errand. We are past the physical tipping point for the next glacial cycle to begin. All it will take to trigger it now is a major eruption.

Are you all ignorant of paleo history?

 

[Old Rocks]

No, I very cognizant of paleo history. However, you obviously are not. In fact, you cognizant of very little in regards to science. By the Milankovic Cycles, we should be slowly descending into another ice age. And we were, until we started using massive amounts of fossil fuel and loading the atmosphere with GHGs.

 

[SSDD]

No, I very cognizant of paleo history. However, you obviously are not. In fact, you cognizant of very little in regards to science. By the Milankovic Cycles, we should be slowly descending into another ice age. And we were, until we started using massive amounts of fossil fuel and loading the atmosphere with GHGs.

Not even as much CO2 as was present when the present ice age began...not by half...you are a political whore who is perfectly willing to drag what bit of intellect you might possess through the sewer in an attempt to push your political agenda...and by the way...guess the fact that the northern hemisphere, and southern oceans are cooling doesn't get mentioned much in your circles.

 

[Old Rocks]

Oh my, SSoDDumb is now dragging out stinky facts just like Silly Billy. Care to present the links to reputable sources for those claims?

http://www.nature.com/ngeo/journal/v5/n11/full/ngeo1590.html

Intensification of Northern Hemisphere subtropical highs in a warming climate

• Wenhong Li,
• Laifang Li,
• Mingfang Ting
• & Yimin Liu

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Nature Geoscience

5,

830–834

(2012)

doi:10.1038/ngeo1590
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20 March 2012
Accepted

24 August 2012
Published online

30 September 2012
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Semi-permanent high-pressure systems over the subtropical oceans, known as subtropical highs, influence atmospheric circulation, as well as global climate. For instance, subtropical highs largely determine the location of the world’s subtropical deserts, the zones of Mediterranean climate and the tracks of tropical cyclones. The intensity of two such high-pressure systems, present over the Northern Hemisphere oceans during the summer, has changed in recent years. However, whether such changes are related to climate warming remains unclear. Here, we use climate model simulations from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Fourth Assessment Report, reanalysis data from the 40-year European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts, and an idealized general circulation model, to assess future changes in the intensity of summertime subtropical highs over the Northern Hemisphere oceans. The simulations suggest that these summertime highs will intensify in the twenty-first century as a result of an increase in atmospheric greenhouse-gas concentrations. We further show that the intensification of subtropical highs is predominantly caused by an increase in thermal contrast between the land and ocean. We suggest that summertime near-surface subtropical highs could play an increasingly important role in regional climate and hydrological extremes in the future.

This summers 'Lucifer' seems to be proving the prediction correct.

 

[fncceo]

Guaranteed effective strategy to deal with climate change ...

... dress in layers (add or subtract as necessary).

 

[mamooth]

Latest Earthquakes

In the last 24 hours, zero earthquakes in the Soda Springs area. There might be a few more, but the aftershocks are doing what aftershocks do, which is gradually taper off.

So, another hilarious failure by Billy Bob. No, the old Picabo caldera is not doing anything, being that it's totally dead as far as volcanoes go. But don't worry. Billy's masters will soon feed him another scam to push. And other deniers will drop by to push stupid Yellowstone hysteria again. That's how deniers deflect from their abject failure in all fields of science.

 

[Fort Fun Indiana]

If Yellowstone blows, pretty much ends the need to debate climate change. It will be more real than any human cause. Nature makes us look like the pissants we are.

Not so... any effect on global temps would be short lived, and the ash itself would be fairly local. And global warming would continue...

LOL.....

TO damn funny... Do you have a clue what has triggered ice ages before? And no GW would not continue you fool..

This is the Ash cloud that measures 3" or more... The entire globe will be affected and the Cold will be massive..

" Do you have a clue what has triggered ice ages before? "


I do, and it is clear that you haven't the faintest idea.

 

[Old Rocks]

All the way from central Oregon, Nevada border, there a series of old calderas related to the Yellowstone hot spot. These also lie at the northern end of the Basin and range province. Both of these features are prone to seismic swarms. Which are not indications of volcanic activity In fact, the earthquakes from these morphological features are quite different from the harmonic quakes under an active volcano.