Thread: A massive lake of molten carbon under USA

A massive lake of molten carbon the size of Mexico is discovered under the US, and it could cause climate CHAOS

-Situated under western US, 217 miles (350km) beneath the Earth's surface
- Scientists used world's largest array of seismic sensors to map area
- Melting carbon covers an area of 700,000 sq miles (1.8 million sq km)
- Upper mantle could contain up to 100 trillion metric tonnes of melted carbon
- Its discovery challenges what researchers have assumed about how much carbon is trapped inside the planet


A huge well of molten carbon that would spell disaster for the planet if released has been found under the US.

Scientists using the world's largest array of seismic sensors have mapped a deep-Earth area, covering 700,000 sq miles (1.8 million sq km).

This is around the size of Mexico, and researchers say it has the potential to cause untold environmental damage.

The discovery could change our understanding of how much carbon the Earth contains, suggesting it is much more than we previously believed.
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Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencete...ir-greenhouse-

If yellowstone goes off! GG planet!

Around the size of Mexico, you say?

That cant be good.

I remember watching a documentary on the Super Volcano a few years ago and it will be so laughably powerful you will be better off being near the epicenter from what it seems. I guess I can look forward to my last words being, "What is tha..." since I live in Colorado. I wouldn't want to have to survive that post volcano worldwide winter anyway. I think it will be like that movie The Road, but with less laughter.

I remember going to Yellowstone a few years ago and the roads were closed because the ground was so hot that the roads MELTED. Nothing to worry about I guess, even though we are overdue for an eruption.

Originally Posted by ShaneFalco

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencete...ir-greenhouse-

If yellowstone goes off! GG planet!

Okay, I have to say something...

1. "Could cause climate CHAOS" LMAO this thing did not just appear, the climate will not change because of this.
2. If Yellowstone erupted, we would all be goners even without this "massive lake of molten carbon"

The map looks like one of your TV weather maps where the planet just ends at the US border... the "carbon lake" just stops with a nice straight line at the border.

Originally Posted by weazel

The map looks like one of your TV weather maps where the planet just ends at the US border...

You mean it doesn't? What comes next?

Originally Posted by weazel

Okay, I have to say something...

1. "Could cause climate CHAOS" LMAO this thing did not just appear, the climate will not change because of this.
2. If Yellowstone erupted, we would all be goners even without this "massive lake of molten carbon"

The map looks like one of your TV weather maps where the planet just ends at the US border... the "carbon lake" just stops with a nice straight line at the border.

Re: number 1, climate nuts love to scare folks. Always have.

Originally Posted by Hawgdriver

You mean it doesn't? What comes next?

Maybe Australia?

It's funny though, the only time your weathermen show Canada is when they want to explain cold weather. "the storm is coming from Central Canada, it will bring extreme cold and alot of snow"... Meanwhile it's 70 degrees where I'm at and I'm thinking, where do they get this shit?

Originally Posted by weazel

Maybe Australia?

It's funny though, the only time your weathermen show Canada is when they want to explain cold weather. "the storm is coming from Central Canada, it will bring extreme cold and alot of snow"... Meanwhile it's 70 degrees where I'm at and I'm thinking, where do they get this shit?

On the news here they always refer to the "Montreal express" or "Alberta clipper" when we get cold coming from up north and I'm like wtf?

Originally Posted by PatriotsGuy

On the news here they always refer to the "Montreal express" or "Alberta clipper" when we get cold coming from up north and I'm like wtf?

my mother in law is from Ohio and moved up here a few years ago, she always mentions the "Alberta clipper". I'm like, what the **** you talking about bitch, your cold comes from the big ******* lakes you reside near, not a province on the other side of the ******* continent you stunned ****

Originally Posted by weazel

Okay, I have to say something...

1. "Could cause climate CHAOS" LMAO this thing did not just appear, the climate will not change because of this.
2. If Yellowstone erupted, we would all be goners even without this "massive lake of molten carbon"

The map looks like one of your TV weather maps where the planet just ends at the US border... the "carbon lake" just stops with a nice straight line at the border.

Here's solid foundation for answering your question that you apparently missed:

Originally Posted by MasterShake

I remember watching a documentary on the Super Volcano a few years ago and it will be so laughably powerful you will be better off being near the epicenter from what it seems. I guess I can look forward to my last words being, "What is tha..." since I live in Colorado. I wouldn't want to have to survive that post volcano worldwide winter anyway. I think it will be like that movie The Road, but with less laughter.

I remember going to Yellowstone a few years ago and the roads were closed because the ground was so hot that the roads MELTED. Nothing to worry about I guess, even though we are overdue for an eruption.

The concluding statement of the OP article:

The deep carbon reservoir discovered will eventually make its way to the surface through volcanic eruptions and contribute to climate change albeit very slowly, but a sudden release could have dire consequences.

Yes, volcanic eruptions do effect the climate. In some cases, for hundreds or even thousands of miles. If you don't believe me or the scientists, just ask any family or friends who lived in Vancouver back when St. Helens erupted in 1980 if their was a significant change in their weather patterns. So imagine the effect that what might be the largest eruption in recorded history might have on the entire world.

If the goes, we are all dead. Therefore, doooooooont care.

Originally Posted by Timmy!

If the goes, we are all dead. Therefore, doooooooont care.

That's because you're living in Montana, living in Phoenix would enable me survive the initial eruption. Unless of course it happens when I'm visiting Cody, WY, a tourist trap right outside the east entrance of Yellowstone.

Originally Posted by FanInAZ

That's because you're living in Montana, living in Phoenix would enable me survive the initial eruption. Unless of course it happens when I'm visiting Cody, WY, a tourist trap right outside the east entrance of Yellowstone.

Congrats, you'll die far more miserably?

Originally Posted by Timmy!

Congrats, you'll die far more miserably?

That's a very valid question & I the very reason that the OP article brought up the subject of how a mega eruption would affect global warming.