"The lieutenant was right: Yellowstone is a volcano, and not just any volcano."

National Georgraphic recently released a frightening article detailing the Yellowston National Park. It seems that the volcano, thought to be active all of these years, is not just any volcano. It's something more. Something terrying. Not just a mountain, not just a volcano, but a SUPERVOLCANO. According to National Geographic, supervolcanic explosions can devestate not only one area, but the entire world. Due to the immense amounts of heat released by the eruption, the climate is changed dramatically and affects the entire planet. It starts with a huge cavern of magma, which eventually builds up, like shaking up a coke bottle. It then erupts, spewing out all of the magma into the atmosphere along with ash and debris. Once the magama cavern has been emptied out by the eruption, it then caves in, leaving a gigantic hole in the earth. Scientists estimate that it could be the size of Rhode Island.


A supervolcano eruption is a scary thought. It seems like an unstoppable environmental force at work. Hypothetically, it could a limiting factor on human growth. I hope that a supervolcanic eruption never occurs while I'm alive, because it will most likely wipe out the human race, or atleast kill a large number of them.