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Yellowstone
By:Holly Deckrow
 Beneath Yellowstone national park there is
a hot upwelling plume of the mantle.
 The heat of the mantle melts over laying
Hotspot/
Litosphere
rocks this causes magma pools
 Magma pools are close to earths surface
they are also known as volcanic hotspots.
 Molten rock will occasionally erupt
 Yellowstone is getting warmer and drier
 Precipitation has decreased
 Native species are decreasing while more
Atmosphere (Tr
oposphere)
visitors are coming
 Chloride is coming from underground
 Humans are compromising the natural
process off fires most are now human
caused
 Smoke from fires that’s occurring at
Yellowstone is in the stratosphere
 Smoke from forest fires is blocking the
suns rays from reaching earths surface
Atmosphere
(Stratosphere)
 Yellowstone is recognized as a biosphere
reserve
 Biosphere reserve is where one or more
Biosphere
protected areas and surrounding lands
that are managed to combine both
conservation and sustainable use of
natural resources.
 Yellow stone is a taiga
 Lakes
 Rivers
Hydosphere
 Hot springs
 Water vapor
 Ect...
 http://www.bozemandailychronicle.com/news/environ
ment/yellowstone-report-climate-invasive-speciesaffect-ecosystem/article_ca5dccec-61ff-11e3-bb420019bb2963f4.html
Work cited
 Naval Research Laboratory. "Forest fire smoke in the
stratosphere: New insights into pyrocumulonimbus
clouds." ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, 30 August 2010.
<www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/08/1008261226
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