Hot magma is rising underneath New England

Scientists now believe there’s hundreds of miles of Magma rising underneath New England.

Over the past two years, scientists at both the University of Rutgers and Yale have detected swelling magma underneath central Vermont, western Massachusetts and western New Hampshire.

Scientists say the geological changes happening are somewhat similar to activity below Yellowstone National Park.

So, does this mean people living in New England, a place devoid of volcanoes, should be worried about a sudden Volcanic Eruption?

Luckily, scientists believe any major eruption is millions of years away. However, the discovery is a major find for geologists.

Lead author of the study, Vadim Levin, says the results of the research “challenge the textbook concepts” of geology and the “established notion of how the continents on which we live behave.”

Levin says the upwelling of magma might be present in other places. However, the study’s findings were only based on available seismic observations.

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