‘There is little we can do’ Scientist’s SHOCK Yellowstone revelation over human EXTINCTION

Robert Smith is a leading lecturer at the University of Utah, who has years of experience in natural disasters, including his study into Yellowstone. The supervolcano, located in Yellowstone National Park, has erupted three times in history, 2.1 million years ago, 1.2 million years ago and 640,000 years ago. However, a fourth eruption could have dire consequences, according to Dr Smith. 

He revealed during a 2015 BBC documentary titled “Supervolcano” how another eruption could prove fatal to humanity.

He said: “If another eruption was to occur, I think there is little man can do about it.

“The biggest thing we can do now is understand them.”

The last eruption of Yellowstone produced around 2,500 times more volcanic material than the 1980 eruption of Mount St Helens.

Geologists have warned, once a triggering event takes place, an eruption could happen in as little as two weeks. 

Jacob Lowenstern, a researcher with the US Geological Survey in Vancouver, Washington, detailed how the last catastrophic incident may have played out during the same documentary.

He said: “Typically when these eruptions begin, they begin from a certain event, then they get larger as they move along the fracture system. 

“The entire sequence that formed the last Yellowstone eruption may have taken as little as two weeks.”

This created an eruptive column so colossal that it covered about 60 percent of the US in a thick layer of ash.

Should the same happen again, the ground around Yellowstone National Park would rise upwards forming a swarm of earthquakes.

Then, following the eruption, enormous pyroclastic flows would blast their way across the park. 

This mixture of ash, lava blebs, and superheated gas exceed temperatures of 1,000C and can move at speeds of up to 300mph. 

They are predicted to spread more than 100 miles out from Yellowstone, burying states like Wyoming, Montana, Idaho, and Colorado in three feet of harmful volcanic ash.

If the pyroclastic flow hits anyone, they would possibly die within seconds as the air could heat up to around 300C.