The blob beneath Africa is the latest odd natural phenomenon to indicate that the Earth is a mysterious place. Two massive blob-like structures have been detected beneath the Earth’s surface.
Scientists have been puzzled for years by two massive land masses lying beneath the Earth’s surface, but one blob beneath Africa is slowly making its way to the surface.
The blobs are positioned on opposite sides of the globe and stretch thousands of kilometers, resembling continents in size.
Video: Massive Blobs Beneath Africa Could A Cause For Supervolcano
Increased possibilities of a supervolcano erupting are one probable result of the massive blob underneath Africa bubbling to the surface.
The African blob is much less dense than the other blob, and thus less stable.
At a height of around 990 to 1,100 miles, it is about 620 miles higher than the Pacific blob. As a result, there are more dangers.
The research was headed by Qian Yuan, a geology graduate student from Arizona State University.
If the blob continues to rise, more supervolcanoes and earthquakes could occur in Africa, according to Yuan.
The African blob, on the other hand, has a link to previous large eruptions.
According to a 2010 study published in Nature, the African blob has been the site of 80 percent of large eruptions in the last 320 million years.
The blob rising could trigger a natural disaster, as a big mantle plume can produce earthquakes and volcano eruptions.
“These plumes, in turn, may produce supervolcano eruptions, tectonic upheaval, and maybe even continental disintegration,” Yuan explained.
This may cause some alarm, but the process has been going on for centuries.
The blob is also only growing at a rate of two centimeters per year, indicating that it will take 50-100 million years to reach the surface.
Massive Blobs Beneath Africa Origin and Predictions
The African blob is much less dense than the other blob, and thus less stable. At a height of around 990 to 1,100 miles, it is about 620 miles higher than the Pacific blob. As a result, there are more dangers.
The research was headed by Qian Yuan, a geology graduate student from Arizona State University.
If the blob continues to rise, more supervolcanoes and earthquakes could occur in Africa, according to Yuan. The African blob, on the other hand, has a link to previous large eruptions.
According to a 2010 study published in Nature, the African blob has been the site of 80 percent of large eruptions in the last 320 million years.
At the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference in 2021, researchers share further ground-breaking findings.
They speculated that the lumps could represent the remains of a planet-sized object that collided with Earth 4.5 billion years ago, resulting in the formation of the moon.