Is the world’s largest volcano getting ready to erupt and cause a global catastrophe?
The Yellowstone Caldera, the largest simmering reservoir of magma on earth, is showing worrying signs of blowing up, scientists report. If it does, an area the size of Europe will suffer complete devastation and ash up to hundreds of feet deep will collect thousands of miles from the crater. A “winter” caused by ash clouds blocking the Sun’s light would cause a global temperature drop of up to 20 degrees C, bringing about probable species extinction.
Including homo sapiens.
Recent studies have shown that the earth around the volcano has bulged by approximately ten inches, changing water levels in the National Park. This may mean that the 600,000-year cycle between eruptions is nearly at an end. It’s been 640,000 years since the last one.
That makes it 40,000 years overdue.
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