Yellowstone super volcano

My cat's got a tiny brain and doesn't respond too well to complex things.

Like your new sig, Debs. I guess you're not Dreamin' anymore?

Yea yea, the world is going to end and humans are going to spontaneously combust/burn from lava/etc. Heard it all before.

Originally posted by Koala MeatPie
I saw A Discovery Channel Dramatic Scientific Special about it (or whatever)

Worst case scenario is all of Europe and South America Survives

they might survive the blast, but how many do you think would survive if there is no sunlight for 10 to 15 years.

[i]Originally posted by Lana
I was there over the summer...pretty damn cool place.

It could be our doom though, no guarantee it will be. It could continue to be dormant forever

no such luck. it as created by a upwelling of magma which continues to pour into the chamber. eventually it will be too much for the earth above it and will cause it to shift, opening a crack the surface. once that happens, it will be all out in 4 to 5 days, much of it going high into the atmosphere.

Originally posted by fini
UH No it does not have the potential to wipe out life on this planet.

The only thing that came close to that was the Putorana plume eruption about 250 million years ago that wiped out 75% of land vertebrates and 90% of ocean life.

There were humans( well lesser evolved) around when the last eruption occured. Dont you think that WE could certainly prepare and weather out the effects of the NEXT eruption??!??!?!?!?!!?

actually that is not correct. its not likely, but it could drop the temperature low enough that the thermal runaway point would be breached. if that happens, the planet will continue to freeze until the pacific ocean freezes at the equator. at that point, nothing under the ocean could get air, and nothing above it could get unfrozen water. the only thing that would survive would be the single cell plant life in the ocean.

😱 oh damn..........and I was worried about this mosquito in my house that's driving me nuts......

Originally posted by dehammer
actually that is not correct. its not likely, but it could drop the temperature low enough that the thermal runaway point would be breached. if that happens, the planet will continue to freeze until the pacific ocean freezes at the equator. at that point, nothing under the ocean could get air, and nothing above it could get unfrozen water. the only thing that would survive would be the single cell plant life in the ocean.

UMMMMM thats not correct

the oceans can never freeze at the equator while we still have an active mantle/core.

A lot of the heat we get come from the interior of the planet. Yes we get some heat from the sun, but not alll our heat. The planet's heat will not let SOOO much water freeze. There will be an equilibirum point.

Originally posted by debbiejo
The sky can't fall on your head....come on now, it's just air. 😑