Yellowstone volcano eruption: Mother Nature will 'see you DEAD' – Scientist gravely warns

Yellowstone National Park is home to one of the deadliest and biggest supervolcanoes on the surface of the planet. Yellowstone volcano’s last major eruptions occurred respectively 640,000, 1.2 million and two million years ago. But the supervolcano system is far from being at sleep and scientists monitoring Yellowstone predict another eruption will occur in the future. And looking at the equally beautiful and terrifying Yellowstone landscape, one scientist has reminded people of this danger.

Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson, known for presenting the science series Cosmos, shared online a photo of Yellowstone National Park, showcasing one of the park’s areas inhospitable to life.

The photo shows a group of dead and barren trees in a dry plain, devoid of any green plants or flora.

According to Dr Tyson, the Yellowstone volcano photo is evidence nature is not always the nurturing and supportive force it is believed to be.

The physicist wrote: “The stark beauty of Yellowstone Park, atop a dormant supervolcano.

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“Reminder that not all of our planet is a haven for life.

“Across many parts of Earth’s surface, ‘Mother Nature’ will just as soon see you dead.”

But just how deadly is Yellowstone and is it truly a force of destruction bidding its time under the United States?

According to the US Geological Survey (USGS), a future Yellowstone supereruption would be absolutely catastrophic on a regional and global scale.

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In the short-term, a Yellowstone eruption would spew incredible amounts of ash and volcano material across the entire US.

This, in turn, will have a profound impact on global climate patterns for years and even decades to come.

The USGS said: “The surrounding states of Montana, Idaho and Wyoming would be affected, as well as other places in the United States and the world.

“Such eruptions usually form calderas, broad volcanic depression created as the ground surface collapses as a result of withdrawal of partially molten rock, magma, below.

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“Fortunately, the chances of this sort of eruption at Yellowstone are exceedingly small in the next few thousands of years.”

Yellowstone volcano is continuously monitored by the Yellowstone Volcano Observatory (YVO) branch of the USGS.

The YVO closely watches the volcano for signs of activity, volcanic, hydrothermal and seismic, across the national park.

One of the biggest indicators of activity at Yellowstone is ground deformation, which could be an indicator of molten rock entering Yellowstone’s magma chamber.

The USGS said: “Normal activity for Yellowstone includes extensive seismicity, periods of uplift and subsidence of the caldera, and intermittent changes to hydrothermal features at the surface.

“There are usually over a thousand earthquakes per year at Yellowstone. About 40% of the earthquakes every year are associated with swarms.

“The beautiful hydrothermal features in the park – geysers, hot springs, mud pots, etc – the uplift and subsidence, and many of the earthquakes are caused by the movements of hydrothermal and/or magmatic fluids.

“The hydrothermal fluids are produced and maintained by the partially liquid magma chamber beneath the Park.”

source: express.co.uk