Yellowstone volcano: ‘Overdue’ claim sparks USGS admission for next super eruption date
“But, in fact, if you average the eruption intervals, there’s 2.1 million to 1.3 million and then another 640,000 years ago.
“If you average those numbers you come up with something that’s over 700,000 years.”
“So, in reality, even if you tried to make this argument, it wouldn’t be overdue for another 70,000 years.”
Dr Lowenstern went on to state even this calculation is questionably useful.
He added: “The other thing that is important to realise is that when they do statistics based on two eruptive intervals, they are just playing games.
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