Name: What If the Yellowstone Volcano Erupted Tomorrow?
Uploaded: 2020-04-04T08:11:24.000Z
Duration: 5 min 3 s
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This has led some people to wonder whether

we should be worried about another Yellowstone eruption

there would be virtually nothing you could do to prepare.

Now that this supervolcano has exploded...

what makes Yellowstone a supervolcano anyway?

and it is something you'd need to worry about,

In fact, the lava pouring out of the volcano

Surprisingly, there wouldn't be much of it,

That's because before lava leaves a volcano,

That's because it will be shot up into the sky,

These will be tiny, scorching particles of jagged rock.

This would affect nearly the entire United States

within 1,000 km (621 mi) of the eruption would die.

which would be inevitable in a scenario like this,

it would form a cement-like mixture in your lungs,

even if you were outside that 1,000 km (621 mi) range.

would be covered in 1 cm (0.4 in) of ash,

which would still be incredibly dangerous

And that wouldn't be the only effect they'd experience.

the entire world would experience a temperature drop.

resulting in significant weather changes.

The global temperature would drop by 10 degrees,

an effect which could last as long as a decade.

virtually everything else in the western part of the world.

you'd eventually suffer the consequences of the ash,

whether that means dying relatively quickly,

ashless oxygen, knowing that something like this will

would be known as a supervolcanic eruption.

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What If the Yellowstone Volcano Erupted Tomorrow?

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