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Yellowstone Won't Explode And End Civilisation (Sorry) | The Deep Dive

Soup Emporium3 HN recommenders · 2023–2024
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Soup Emporium's deep dive argues that Yellowstone is not a ticking timebomb. It goes through uplift and subsidence, earthquakes and what the caldera really is, to rebut supervolcano doom claims.

Linked whenever Yellowstone or caldera unrest comes up, as the debunking of civilization-ending eruption fears.

Geology & earth science

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5 comments from Hacker News

@sickofparadox2023 · in “Could we stop Yellowstone from erupting with a giant geothermal power plant?”

Firstly, Law of Headlines - the answer is no. But secondly, Volcanologists are not even worried about Yellowstone erupting anytime soon: [VIDEO]

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@coltonv2023 · in “Could we stop Yellowstone from erupting with a giant geothermal power plant?”

Just so everyone knows, the whole "Yellowstone is a supervolcano that could erupt any minute and cause cataclysmic effects on the planet" is just not true. It was made up for TV "documentaries". Yellowstone does not pose any real threat to society at large. Volcanologists are practically unanimous in that belief. See this video for more information: [VIDEO]

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@sparcpile2023 · in “What's Going on at Italy's Campi Flegrei Caldera?”

There is a video by Soup Emporium on Youtube that compares the uplift of the Yellowstone caldera to Campi Flegrei's. The video is queued up to where Campi Flegrei is discussed. [VIDEO]

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@_uhtu2024 · in “Hydrothermal explosion at Yellowstone National Park”

Yellowstone will not explode and end civilization (or American civilization for that matter) in many many lifetimes: [VIDEO]

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@_uhtu2024 · in “Paris Agreement thresholds crossed”

There is no real prospect of a "Yellowstone event": [VIDEO] We could effectively geoengineer one by pumping things into the upper atmosphere ourselves, but there's a lot of questions about that and we have no idea if this would help more than it hurt.

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