(NewsNation) — There’s now a real-life “hot blob” of rock 125 miles below the Appalachian Mountains, according to a study, and it’s heading toward New York City.
While you might want to run, you do not need to rush; it won’t reach New York for another 10 to 15 million years.
A recent study published in the journal Geology took a closer look at the “hot blob,” which is 220 miles wide and is made of unusually hot rock below the Earth’s crust. Researchers from the University of Southampton found that the blob is likely the reason the Appalachian Mountains have not eroded over time.
However, geologist Doug Prose believes it is unlikely to ever reach The Big Apple.
“There’s actually a controversy about whether it’s moving or not,” Prose told “Elizabeth Vargas Reports.”
“What it appears to be doing is tracking along with the Earth’s crust. The Earth’s crust is made out of tectonic plates; they move, and the whole North American plate is moving about one inch per year to the west. These blobs are moving along with the plates, so they’re actually probably never going to detach and move under New York,” he said.
“It’s not going to someday come up through the Earth’s crust and ooze into the subway… all this heat is trying to get out… and the blob has erupted volcanoes. This very area here, but that was 90 million years ago, we don’t have to worry about it erupting any new volcanoes anytime soon.”