Mt. St. Helens may be hiding a lot of information under the ground still.
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New Zealand Scientists Published an Article Stating that Mount St. Helens Could Be a Brewing Supervolcano
Is Mount St. Helens a Supervolcano? According to findings from New Zealand scientists, Mt. St. Helens could be exactly that. Mt. St. Helens has been known for years as one of many volcanoes that litter Washington State and the "ring of fire" that works its way around the Pacific Ocean. It's an interesting notion that has been presented by these scientists, which includes the theory that several of the largest volcanoes in the area are actually linked by underground caverns. What that could mean is that they all work together to form one large Supervolcano, and that Mt. St. Helens could be at the center of it all.The thought process behind the article that these New Zealand scientists published in NewScientist, is that three of the major volcanoes in the area are linked by a deep column that leads to a pool of what could be molten rock. That pool of molten rock is theorized to connect Mount St. Helens to Mount Rainier and Mount Adams as well. That would make it one of the largest Supervolvanoes in existence, and hold the potential of a cataclysmic eruption that could be devastating. Such an eruption would be able to blanket the sky with ash and basically lower the temperature of the entire planet over a certain span of time.
So, is this a real thing? Could Mount St. Helens really be a Supervolcano? Well local scientists in Washington State aren't quite as certain as the visiting New Zealand scientists. A magnetotellurics specialist at Oregon State University stated that "Whether finding high conductivity in this area is evidence that there's really something unusual here is the thing that is more questionable." He also stated that part of the conductivity that the New Zealand scientists are seeing within the mountain is probably just water. He doesn't come out and simply refute what the New Zealanders found, but he does question how close to reality their theories could be.
Could Mount St. Helens really be an enormous Supervolcano? Or is this just conjecture?
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Mr. Mooman
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06/16/2009
The earth releases pressure and heat from it's internal core by erupting magma through it's volcanoes. Volcanoes are one of it's cooling systems. So eruptions are good for the Earth, but not necessarily good for the species of creatures living on it.
Reginald Fellows
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06/16/2009
So what this is saying is that an eruption could lower the global temperature... That's a good thing right? Maybe an eruption is just what the planet needs to combat global warming.
erwin lange
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06/14/2009
Unfortunately the music drowns out the words , making the clip all but useless.
Why the music in the first place???
Joseph Wildhagen
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06/14/2009
Mount Shasta, within ten feet of being the tallest mountain in continental U.S. (after Mt. Whitney, also in CA) is actually four volcanos. The Long Valley Caldera (second only to Yellowstone) is also brewing (Hot Creek, really a geothermally hot river, you could swim in twelve years ago, now is closed due to geysers blowing through in the middle of the river). The Pacific rim of fire is waking up.
undrgrndgirl
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06/14/2009
it's not as if the kiwi's are ignorant to volcanoes...they certainly have enough of their own and son-of-krakatoa is close by...maybe the oregon state scientist is just in denial/fear over what is growing in his/her back yard. (and why no names associated with this article, what BAD reporting, it all sounds like hearsay.)
This is interesting but I am not so sure i believe it all.
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