Earth Changes: There is just a Gigantic Lake Of Molten Carbon The Size Of Mexico Under Yellowstone
A recent scientific discovery has drastically changed our view of the global carbon cycle and identified a new significant risk.
Researchers have discovered a giant lake or reservoir made up of molten carbon sitting below the western US.
In total the lake covers approximately 700,000 square miles, approximately the size of Mexico, and sits 217 miles beneath Yellowstone National Park – a super volcano with the power of a massive eruption.
Like a supervolcanic eruption, this molten carbon reservoir – primarily carbonate – could immediately change the global climate for over a decade if it were to be released. Release of just 1 percent of the mantle’s carbon would equate to burning 2.3 trillion barrels of oil. This gives some perspective on just how important it is to understand this deep carbon system.
Thankfully there is little risk in the near future of this happening beause there exists no immediate pathway to the surface.
Why and how this lake of molten carbonate exists in the first place
This giant reservoir of molten carbonates is a result of the Pacific Plate subducting underneath the North American Plate. As the Pacific Plate subducts, it experiences increasingly high pressures and temperatures. This, combined with the presence of gasses such as CO2 and water locked away in the rock, allows for partial melting of the plate. This is a similar process by which the Rockies Mountains formed in the western US.Mysterious burning grounds kill one and create panic among residents in India
There are some really weird things going on around the world.
Smoke has created panic among local residents as it started emanating out of the ground of a swamp, while a boy’s death upon falling on ‘burning soil’ triggers concern in India.
We all know about eternal underground fires that are burning since more than 100 ears under the city of Jahria in India or the Door to Hell in Uzbekistan.In the last two weeks, some weird ground burning phenomena started to make headlines in India again.
A 14-year-old boy died at the hopital after he fell on hot ashes that came out of the ground on the outskirts of Mysuru. The incident has sparked concerns among villagers and locals believe the soil was searing because of illegal dumping of chemical waste.
Officials are now analysing the soil for chemicals. Meanwhile, nobody is allowed to approach the mysterious burning ground.
A bit closer to us, on April 28, 2017, mysterious plumes of smoke began emanating from a small piece of land near a swamp in Muthanadu Mund, India. Although officials sprayed more than 15,000 litres of water on it, the smoke continued to emanates. I would also run in panic.
Officials believe the still unexplained plume is due to heat building up under the ground surface due to the sedimentation of trees, leaves and other organic matter.
What are these mysterious burning grounds?