{"id":24862,"date":"2019-12-29T13:05:06","date_gmt":"2019-12-29T19:05:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=24862"},"modified":"2019-12-29T13:05:06","modified_gmt":"2019-12-29T19:05:06","slug":"24862","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=24862","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

Yellowstone\u2019s Steamboat Geyser breaks eruption record, stuns scientists<\/a><\/p>\n

Ah, just in case the scientists forgot. The Yellowstone Caldera<\/a> is one of the largest volcanoes on the North American continent. Not that anyone can do anything about it, if it erupts again. Just me, but it appears that something’s “heating up” underneath.<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re headed to Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming, there\u2019s a good chance that visiting the park\u2019s iconic geysers will be near the top of your to-do list. In 2019, tourists were treated to plenty of activity from the Steamboat Geyser, which is the tallest currently-active geyser on the planet.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s great news for parkgoers and perhaps even for the park itself, but with over 45 eruptions in 2019, the geyser\u2019s highly active streak is leaving scientists scratching their heads. The geyser erupted a whopping 32 times in 2018 before ramping up even further this year.<\/p>\n

The most famous geyser at Yellowstone, and perhaps the world, is Old Faithful. Old Faithful is famous for its incredibly predictable schedule of eruptions, which makes it perfect for visits from tourists. Steamboat is different, often going quiet for long stretches before eventually roaring back to life.<\/p>\n

As NPR reports,<\/a>\u00a0Steamboat Geyser didn\u2019t erupt at all in 2015, 2016, or 2017. Park visitors weren\u2019t treated to an eruption for three full years. 2018 was different, and 2019 has seen even more activity from the geyser. But why? Researchers can only guess.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s such a big geyser. And the bigger something is, the easier it is to study,\u201d Michael Manga of the University of California, Berkeley, told NPR. \u201cBut it also captures people\u2019s imagination. When it got active again there was lots of press and it reminded people that there are fundamental things about the Earth we don\u2019t understand.\u201d<\/p>\n

Of course, you can\u2019t mention Yellowstone\u2019s geysers without also mentioning the suspected supervolcano resting beneath the park.\u00a0Researchers believe\u00a0<\/a>that a massive volcano erupted in Yellowstone around 631,000 years ago. Scientists believe it will eventually erupt again, though estimates of when that might occur often conflict.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Yellowstone\u2019s Steamboat Geyser breaks eruption record, stuns scientists Ah, just in case the scientists forgot. The Yellowstone Caldera is one of the largest volcanoes on the North American continent. Not that anyone can do anything about it, if it erupts again. Just me, but it appears that something’s “heating up” underneath. If you\u2019re headed to … Continue reading “”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24862","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-science"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24862","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=24862"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24862\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24872,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24862\/revisions\/24872"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=24862"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=24862"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=24862"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}