The Yellowstone Super Volcano Erupts And Destroys The World As We Know It


Yellowstone National Park is fighting for its future as one of the western US protected areas known for geothermal features in its Yellowstone River Basin. 

Some people say a supervolcano in Yellowstone National Park could erupt earlier than originally thought, and scientists warn that if it does, it could wipe out all life on the planet. The eruption would not be catastrophic and would likely result in few deaths, but it would disrupt the flow of water, air, and gas from the Yellowstone River Basin to the rest of the world. If the hotspot moves, Yellowstone's supervolcanoes would likely die out and the Earth would be flooded with volcanic ash. 

Make no mistake, the Yellowstone super-eruption will repeat itself and cause catastrophic chaos, but it will not do the world as much damage as the Great Lakes eruption. 

A massive supervolcanic eruption would destroy large parts of the nation, but smaller eruptions could occur. The most likely eruption scenario for Yellowstone is a small event that creates a river, similar to what is currently happening in Bardarbunga, Iceland. Another eruption with lava flows, which would be far less devastating, is an eruption that forms a caldera, similar to the eruption of the Great Lakes. 

Here is a graphic from the USGS comparing the Yellowstone supereruption with the 1980 St. Helens eruption. The three giant eruptions that have occurred in Yellowstone over the past two million years are unusual, but they are less likely scenarios when signs of an eruption come. 

The Yellowstone Plateau volcanic field has evolved in three volcanic cycles spanning two million years, including two of the largest known eruptions in the world. Over the last two million years, these early magma deposits have produced three supervolcanic eruptions that have exploded thousands of cubic miles of volcanic debris, destroyed mountains, and covered half of North America with volcanic ash. 

While ordinary volcanoes can kill thousands of people and destroy entire cities, scientists believe that supervolcanic eruptions are large enough to affect all people on the planet. The recent eruptions of Yellowstone were not quite as large as the first, but scientists do not dispute that the Yellowstone giants will provoke a major eruption of their own. Eruptions in the Yellowstone Mountains have the potential to cause widespread destruction, according to the US Geological Survey (USGS). 

Most volcanic activity in Yellowstone would not be described as a supereruption, with 1,000 km3 or more of material ejected from the volcano. The vast majority of eruptions in Yellowstone are small lava flows, but the Yellowstone Caldera volcano can cause many more casualties and can reach 2,500 km2 in size. 

Together, there are about 80 volcanic eruptions that will almost certainly (and perhaps one day) occur, and the Yellowstone supervolcano will almost certainly erupt and kill us all. The caldera has had a super eruption and the people have been terrible, but it is not the only one in Yellowstone. 

If the volcano erupts in Yellowstone National Park, it would cause a catastrophe similar to the eruption of Sumatra in Indonesia, and if the temperature plummeted by 21 degrees, as it did during this eruption, the supervolcano Yellowstone could be an event of extinction - level one. Before you panic, you should know that some scientists think a super eruption at Yellowstone is highly unlikely. 

If the supervolcano in Yellowstone National Park ever erupts on a massive scale, it could spew ash into the air, damage buildings, choke crops, and shut down power plants. If Yellowstone supervolcanoes erupted, they would bask in the light of the sun and heat of a global warming climate. Experts say another eruption, dubbed the "Restless Giant" due to geological instability, could one day occur, similar to the one that occurred in the young caldera 600,000 years ago. The Yellowstone caldera will emit more ash than the Krakatoa volcano, which killed 36,000 people, according to the World Wildlife Fund. 

Experts predict that the volcano will erupt in the near future, as it did in 2011 or 2012, but much smaller than when it erupted. The Yellowstone supervolcano sank about 600,000 years ago, long before the area we now call Yellowstone sank. As the continental plates shift, the size of volcanoes and their impact on the Earth's crust increases. 

In fact, Yellowstone is currently thought to be a dormant volcano with little turbulence, and it has been proven to occur every 1.5 million years. The caldera is being studied to look for changes and to find out what prognoses for the next eruption might be available. 

Staff at Yellowstone Volcano Observatory are paying close attention and can give notice in time when the magma chamber is filled to supereruption capacity. They will also be the first to alert the surrounding population when magma begins to move in a way that indicates an eruption. For More Information Watch: https://youtu.be/7VvC8tVhM1U

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