PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC—The Seismic Analysis Centre (SRC) on the St. Augustine campus of the College of the West Indies (UWI) says the water ranges at Dominica’s Boiling Lake have modified considerably in current days. It says this phenomenon has occurred a number of occasions since 1876.
“The latest interval instability was noticed in December 2023, and within the following months, guides and Forestry officers have reported modifications within the lake ranges, with the newest occurring throughout March,” the SRC stated on its Fb web page.
It stated on March 29, the lake was noticed to expertise a big drop in water ranges as soon as once more when there was little to no water noticed within the lake.”
Nonetheless, the SRC stated that the noticed modifications in water ranges and exercise on the Boiling Lake “are usually not essentially associated to elevated volcanic exercise within the space,” including that “throughout these episodes, dangerous gases akin to carbon dioxide might be launched, and small steam explosions can also happen.
“This most up-to-date cessation of geothermal exercise on the lake could also be indicative of blockages of underlying vents, which feed into the lake and is of concern as clearing of this blockage can happen with out warning.”
The SRC stated that it’ll proceed to watch the scenario along with the Workplace of Catastrophe Administration in Dominica.
The Boiling Lake is a flooded fumarole in Morne Trois Pitons Nationwide Park, a World Heritage Web site. Situated 6.5 miles east of Dominica’s capital, Roseau, it’s stuffed with effervescent greyish-blue water that’s often enveloped in a cloud of vapor.
The Boiling Lake is roughly 200 to 250 ft throughout and is the second-largest scorching lake on the planet after Frying Pan Lake, positioned in Waimangu Valley close to Rotorua, New Zealand.
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