Scholarly Warnings Detail Potential Impacts of Yellowstone Supervolcano Eruption
What happened
Scholars have described a worst-case scenario for a full-scale volcanic eruption within Yellowstone National Park. This scenario suggests that the ground inside the park has been showing signs of swelling annually for several years. The reports note that the last catastrophic eruption of the park's supervolcano occurred over 70,000 years ago.
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Why it matters
The potential impacts of such an event are severe, with researchers estimating that a full-scale eruption could result in up to 1 billion premature deaths. The effects of a major eruption inside the park would not be immediately felt in most states across the U.S., taking weeks and months to manifest.
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Who's involved
- Yellowstone National ParkGeographic area containing the supervolcano under study.
- South DakotaState whose functionality could be threatened by ashfall.
- North AmericaContinent whose vulnerability could be impacted by the event.
- Fort PeckTown whose food supply chain is predicted to fail following crop destruction.
- WyomingState whose borders contain the affected area.
- National Park ServiceFederal agency with formal authority over the park.
- Donald TrumpIndividual whose funding supported projects within the park.
- MontanaState involved in active litigation regarding the park's management.
Who could feel it
Possible knock-on effectsThese are possibilities Brind reasoned out, not predictions, and not advice. Most are not stated in any report.
- Fort PeckSpeculative
The food supply chain in Fort Peck could fail months after the eruption due to crop destruction.
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The entities involved
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Yellowstone National Park
first national park in the world, located in Wyoming, Montana, and Idaho in the United States