The Yellowstone Supervolcano – America's ticking time bomb | DW Documentary



How likely is an eruption of the Yellowstone Supervolcano in the USA? Researchers who interpret early warning signs predict an eruption. A huge magma chamber lies dormant beneath the Earthโ€™s crust. An eruption would have catastrophic consequences.

If an eruption does occur, itโ€™ll be a race against time. So, with the help of modern measuring techniques, researchers are seeking to identify early warning signs. If they can better understand the processes taking place inside the Earth, itโ€™ll help them predict an eruption. This, in turn, would allow affected areas to be evacuated in time.

In the past 2.1 million years, the Yellowstone Supervolcano has erupted three times โ€“ most recently, some 600,000 years ago. The next eruption could be due soon.

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25 thoughts on “The Yellowstone Supervolcano – America's ticking time bomb | DW Documentary”

  1. Better than a video, find a college geology field trip or a geology field guide and a geological map and go look at the local stuff where you live. I joined a field trip where the leader was a PhD and we visited the San Andreas fault over three summers.
    In this video, we viewers are mostly at great distance and we viewers only get 5 seconds dwell time from the camera.
    Regarding the explosive menace described, I ask, how could I assemble a food and water kit to help with the possible disruptions of a major geological event? How about one month of food, water, propane and warm clothes?

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  2. The Yellowstone caldera is not showing any signs of an imminent eruption, and DW are irresponsible for giving the impression of anything else, especially just to get clicks.

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  3. The first angel sounded, and there followed hail and fire mingled with blood, and they were cast upon the earth: and the third part of trees was burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up. Revelation 8:7

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  4. If that went off thereโ€™s absolutely nothing anyone could do, even evacuation probably wouldnโ€™t help as the ash cloud would follow wind patterns and circle the earth . Maybe the southern hemisphere might survive but there would be some change.

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  5. The Earth is only six thousand years old
    Where on earth did you get millions years old??

    The Greatest Earthquake in all of human history is going to happen!!
    10.0 magnitude!!
    All Bible prophecies will
    Come to pass Soon
    Whether you believe or not!!!

    Have you Repented??
    John 3 v 16

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  6. "Installing seismographs to warn people, so they can leave…" Yet, if the Super Volcano explodes is will create a decade long "dust winter", meaning no sun to grow food. So where do these people leave to!? And what about the No.1 reason for a global disaster – humans!

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