Geyser Talk. Noiseless no more (Yellowstone Volcano Update, Feb 2024)

[@eledatowle8767]

Mike is a great communicator - I really enjoy these videos! Usually comments are turned off, because of certain parts of the youtube audience, so I appreciate the opportunity to thank you for these great videos.

[@tedfisk1211]

I like that our tax dollars are being used for good in this way, monitoring Yellowstone. No really, I am all about good uses and I appreciate these monthly USGS updates. Yellowstone is a wonderful place to visit.

[@karenleemallonee684]

I am a huge fan for this also! A much better use of money than what I saw on the news last night, trying to bring the Wooley Mammoth back to life...what? USGS, I look forward to seeing your videos each month. Thank you!!! 👍👍

[@leppad]

I really like the fact that anyone can access the data without a paywall. Thanks!

[@bearbait49]

Thanks for the access to the data. As a geophysicist I appreciate the opportunity to drill down.

[@just_kos99]

I always look forward to your summation of Yellowstone's previous month's activities!

[@ospreys_view4798]

I love these updates. And thanks for making the monitoring data available to everyone. It’s really cool to check in and see what is going on.

[@Janika1982]

Great job,like your videos!👌

[@vincentwesolowski459]

I always look forward to and enjoy your monthly updates.

[@adambastien3635]

I always enjoy the informative monthly updates on Yellowstone.

[@Pottery4Life]

Thank you, Mike!

[@kymkauffman5000]

Thank you for the information and the chance to comment on them also!

[@deanjanson5315]

Dr.Poland...you make us smarter...tyvvm

[@icare7151]

Keep on the guided trails

[@just_kos99]

I'd add "and don't harrass or get too close to the wild life!"

[@icare7151]

@@just_kos99 Especially in New York City, Denver, LA, Portland, San Francisco, Seattle, etc!

[@zobeebranum2753]

Thank you for the truth 😊🙏

[@dancooper8551]

Thanks Mike! Enjoy these reports every month.

[@judobongobuck]

In your opening you refered to the old question,if no one's around does it make a noise. Actually if no ear drums (or microphone) is there to convert the waves into sound, then answer is NO, noise or sound waves must be converted before the compression wave is "heard".

[@MrMARKKIND]

Great video.

[@ChubbyUnicorn]

Very interesting. I'm excited about what you'll learn from the new station.

[@mrrob7531]

This was an awesome video. Keep up the great work

[@Abigail-d2k]

As someone who lives near the old ancient long dead Ossipee NH Ring dike??? Who loves going to Connor pond( volcanic neck) seeing the columned basalt here and MINING OHHHH THE MINING🤣 but to see the earth in her active glory at Yellowstone??? It is on my bucket list to see your incredible park!!! From NH? Thanks for the great info

[@Novastar.SaberCombat]

Video and audio technology should definitely be used a LOT more to observe the planet vs. observing teen models and movie stars.

[@thomasprescott5333]

At what level does a tremor become an earthquake? Thanks for the site always interesting, even from as far away as Solihull, England.

[@StormChaserMommaG]

They are both signs of seismic movement within the earth. The difference is the intensity of the movement. Earthquakes are more intense than earth tremors. When a tremor exceeds five on the moment magnitude scale - a scale between 0 to 10 - then, it is referred to as an earthquake. -The Cable

[@usgs]

Interesting question. In some ways, tremor is sort of a garbage-can term for "continuous shaking." Wind can cause "tremor" on a seismic record. So can traffic (station YMR sees a lot of that in summer, since it is so close to the west entrance road). And, of course, earthquakes cause tremor. In that sense, tremor is basically when earthquakes are happening in such rapid succession that individual earthquakes can't be distinguished. So it's not necessarily when tremor becomes an earthquake, but rather when earthquakes are happening so fast that they become tremor. In Yellowstone, the only earthquake-related tremor has been associated with the geyser basins. The hot water moving around in the subsurface, feeding eruptions, can cause continuous shaking. When Steamboat Geyser erupts, we see tremor on station YNM, which is the closest sesimometer. For an example of what that looks like, check out www.usgs.gov/media/images/seismic-signals-steamboat-geyser-eruptions-2013-2014-2019.

[@Acceleronics]

Thank you for these videos! Much appreciated. New subscriber. 🙂

[@Pottery4Life]

I am familiar with the use of infrasound detection for the CSZ. Are the new detector(s) also tuned for deep movement as well as the surface thermal features?

[@usgs]

They'll record pretty much anything that makes low-frequency sounds. Lately we've been seeing intermittent signals from an odd direction -- the SW. No significant thermal features out that way, so we think they might be recording snowmobile traffic.

[@Pottery4Life]

@@usgs Thank you.

[@benmishkin1491]

Very cool new station! Is the underlying numerical data that's used to generate those graphs available through the YVO website, or just the graphs themselves?

[@usgs]

The YVO site just has the graphs. The underlying data files are available from EarthScope, which archives GNSS, seismic, and infrasound data. The seismic and infrasound station code is YNB, and part of the WY network. The GNSS site name is NBWY. We're hoping to eventually make more derived products available for infrasound, including the "backazimuths," which show from what direction sound is originating.

[@benmishkin1491]

@@usgs Thanks for pointing me in the right direction! New data is always so exciting.

[@biffnarzilla4649]

Hmmm... maybe it's just me, but the title says on the cover USGS "Volcano and Earthquake Monitoring Plan for the Yellowstone Caldera System 2022-2032" yet further down the cover is printed "Scientific Investigations Report 2022-5032". Is the USGS planning for 3000 years into the future out to "5032". I can see planning for 10 years out to 2032, but 5032?

[@usgs]

That’s the publication ID that number you’re referring to.

[@cindyrissal3628]

Yes! While I can comment...I'd like to thank you for such great videos, filled w/ no-nonsense facts & info. You are a great host & I enjoy your videos very much!

[@icare7151]

Big brother is always capturing data. In this case it’s a really good thing!

[@hatsukotaro]

war is peace freedom is slavery geysers are cool

[@dystopiaisutopia]

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[@cbb9580]

People are starving but we can hear it DA!🙈

[@dystopiaisutopia]

Yellowstone won't erupt.

[@marlenecoetzee8097]

It seems as if people want t yello stone to erupt, given all the attention and time spending on the matter

[@judobongobuck]

Why does the attention it gets means they want it to erupt? That makes no sense.

[@dystopiaisutopia]

Yellowstone won't erupt.

[@judobongobuck]

It wouldn't dare? Someday it's inevitable.