Old Faithful, the famous geyser in Yellowstone National Park, may be silent after nearly 800 years of continuous eruptions, experts have found.
According to a newly published study, researchers found that between 1233 and 1362 A.D. More than 40 fossils of mineralized timber were found near the geyser, which is associated with the period “severe multidecodal regional drought”. Experts believe that a severe drought could recur in the middle of this century, causing the geyser to erupt or shut down completely.
“Weather models Dello creates a severe drought in the middle of the 21st century, suggesting that geyser outbreaks may subside or stop completely,” the researchers wrote in the study’s abstract.
Tourists photographed Old Faithful in 2011 in the Yellowstone National Park in Vayo, late at night on schedule. (AP Photo / Julie Jacobson)
Researchers have discovered the largest and most cataclysmic event in Yellowstone SuperVelcono.
According to Live Science, researchers have found that the interval between Old Faithful eruptions has increased significantly. In the 1950s, the intervals were between 60 and 65 minutes. Since 2001, the interval has increased from 90 to 94 minutes.
In an interview with Science, the study’s lead author, Schulz H હrwitz, said that the discovery of specimens of mineral wood led to the “aha” moment, as they found that they were all about the same period.
“I didn’t know if they were hundreds or thousands of years old when I submitted the samples for radiocarbon dating,” Hurwitz said in an interview. “It’s a ‘Aha!’ The moment when they all clustered in the 13th and 14th centuries over a period of a hundred years. “
Currently, there are no trees in the area where the geyser is due to the hot, alkaline rich discharge.
The research is published in Geophysical Research Letters.
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