Huge chunk of Yellowstone National Park, the size of Chicago, is 'breathing' in and out due to magma trapped underneath the surface

Daily Mail ^ | 3/20/20 | Stacy Liberatore

[LibWhacker]

• An area at the center of the Norris Geyser Basin was found to inflate and deflate
• Experts have determined a intrusion of magma under the surface is to blame
• Magma became trapped at the top and pushed the rocks up above it
• The magma has since receded, putting the pulsating on pause for now 

  An area the size of Chicago in Yellowstone National Park has been inflating and deflating by several inches over the past decade

  The Norris Geyser Basin, the oldest, hottest and most dynamic thermal area in the park, was observed to rise 5.9 inches each year from 2013 to 2015 - an unusual event that left researchers baffled.

  Now, using satellite radar and GPS data, experts have determined the ground deformation was caused by magma intrusions trapped below the basin's surface.

  As magma made its way to the surface, the pressure pushed rocks above it up and created an erratic pulsating effect, according to National Geographic.

  This is the first time the scientific community has been able to track an entire episode of magma intrusion, which they say is a common occurrence throughout Yellowstone.  

[LibWhacker]

Wuhan virus: I'm gonna mess things up!

Yellowstone supervolcano: Here hold muh beer.

(Stolen from the feralirishman, with a little cleanup)

[fhayek]

Magma...

[Bonemaker]

All you democrat eco-tourists hurry out there!😎

[mass55th]

MAGA MAGMA!!!

[frogjerk]

[Hostage]

I think this has been known for a very long time. The calderon is indeed huge and the geysers are evidence the surface is venting what’s underneath.

There are periodic small earthquakes related to the region which are said to relieve the pressure.

Is there a reason this is published now?

[bramps]

I know that feeling.

[rfp1234]

But zero KungFlu cases in Yellowstone Park.

[Repeal The 17th]

What we need is for several websites to do daily updates on the data,
so that all my web friends can instantly become volcanologists!

[DoughtyOne]

COVID-19
Asteroids from space
Now Yellowstone

WTH is going on here.

Does someone have cash on the line whether our nation's collective
populace turns into a mental basket case or not?

[CaptainK]

The Daily Mail posts as many stories about the Yellowstone National Park super-volcano as they do about the Kardashians

[goodnesswins]

That IS funny!!

[Paladin2]

Chinese geological respiration?

[ClearCase_guy]

Global Warming? I got your Global Warming, right here!

[BenLurkin]

[Huskrrrr]

Wow, just cancelled my September reservations at the Lake Yellowstone Hotel a few hours before reading this. Coincidence? Yes, of course.

[redshawk]

Make your peace with God.
I’m ready.
Scene from Waterworld
https://youtu.be/om5rbtudzrg

[Bullish]

I lava these kind of threads.

[GingisK]

The magma isn’t trapped. When it wants out, it will come right out of there.

[Paladin2]

The Park is at risk.

Looks like both Madison and Gallatin Counties in MT have cases.

As do I-da-ho’ Counties up that way and both Park and Teton Counties in Wyo.

The Park is essentially surrounded.