Scientists use seismic sensor is the world's largest weapons had taken a piece of land, 700,000 miles (1.8 million km2) in the SQ.It is about the size of Mexico, and researchers say it has the potential to cause untold damage to the environment.
The discovery could change our understanding of the amount of carbon containing Earth, which shows more than ever
considered.
It is not possible to make physical enough to ' see ' the Earth's mantle, so the research team used sensors to a large group of paintings, using mathematical equations to interpret their results.
Studies conducted by geologists Royal Holloway University of London, using an extensive network of sensors that measure seismic vibration 583 of the Earth, to create images of the surface in the sub region.
Known as a top coat, parts of the Earth's interior is known for high temperature solid carbonates which melts, creating a pattern of a typical seismic.
What they found was a large cast of carbon buried tanks, which produce carbon dioxide and other gases, is located in the Western United States, 217 miles (350 kilometers) below the Earth's surface.
As a result of this research, published in the Earth and planetary science letters, scientists now believe that the amount of CO2 in the Earth's upper mantle can be up to 100 trillion tons.
By comparison, the United States Environmental Protection Agency estimates that global carbon emissions in the year 2011 is almost 10 trillion tons, a small number in comparison.
The carbon found in deposits will eventually make its way to the surface through volcanic eruptions and contribute to climate change, though very slowly, but the sudden release can have serious consequences.
Dr. Sash Hier-Majumder, of the University of London Department of Earth Sciences conducted the study.
He said the mail online: ' the residence time of carbon in this coat is relatively large (almost 1 billion years), so this book is not a threat. '
' But it is an important mechanism by which carbon sinks into the mantle with the subducting Ocean plate, could make their way to the surface the arc volcanism.
' Arc volcanism returned between 30-40% of the total carbon is subducted back into the atmosphere.
The remaining carbon resides in the coat for a lot longer. '
He added: "we cannot think of the deep structure of the Earth as related to climate change on us, but this discovery not only has implications for mapping the underground but also to the future of our environment, '
' For example, the release of only one percent of CO2 in the atmosphere would be equivalent to 2.3 trillion barrels of oil to burn. '
' The existence of a deep shelter has shown how important was the role of the soil in the global carbon cycle '.
As a result of this study, scientists now believe that the amount of CO2 in the Earth's upper mantle can be up to 100 trillion tons.
By comparison, the United States Environmental Protection Agency estimates that global carbon emissions in the year 2011 is almost 10 trillion tons, a small number in comparison.
The area covered by the study include Yellowstone National Park, where previous studies have found evidence of a supervolcano that can also mean a danger to the planet.
The volcano in Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming and Montana sat on the large reservoir of molten rock and they erupt 640,000 last year.
This release of about 45,000 tons of carbon dioxide per day.
If it explodes, it will become a thousand times more powerful than the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens and they have the potential of manta to United States on ' nuclear winter '.
While it remains inactive for more than 70,000 years, scientists are saying that we cannot discard the possibility of eruption that this could someday take place-though they say that the chances are very slim.
Large prismatic heat in Yellowstone National Park is among the features of hydrothermal, created by the Yellowstone supervolcano.
Experts say that there is one on the annual occasion of 700,000 volcanic eruptions at the site.
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