The Yellowstone supervolcano located in Yellowstone National Park in Western US. It last erupted 630,000 years ago, but it is of great interest to the United States Geological Survey (USGS) as it continues to pose a threat. Jacob Lowenstein, a leading scientist in charge of monitoring Yellowstone, revealed how the caldera has risen by 2.3 feet over time.
Speaking at a public lecture in Menlo Park, California in 2014, Mr Lowenstein revealed how the ground rise from Yellowstone was measured.
He said: “So the really remarkable thing about Yellowstone is that it moves up and down.
“The ground surface is unstable and over time it moves.
“Bob Smith was one of the parties that came in and re-surveyed a series of roads that hadn’t been surveyed since the Twenties.
Jacob Lowenstein showed the rise (Image: USGS)
The Yellowstone caldera last erupted 630,000 years ago (Image: GETTY)
This is a remarkable observation and something we have been tracking ever since – we’re trying to understand it
Jacob Lowenstein
“Dan Dzurisin also worked on this topic, he’s from the Cascades Volcano Observatory.
“Bob and his colleagues re-occupied the benchmarks that were done previously in Yellowstone.
“And he made a
