7.9M views · Apr 29, 2022 · 26:02 · 3 HN recommenders · 5 mentions · discussed 2023–2024
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.
Why Hacker News points people here: Linked whenever Yellowstone or caldera unrest comes up, as the debunking of civilization-ending eruption fears.
“See this video for more information”HN comment, 2023
“Volcanologists are not even worried about Yellowstone erupting anytime soon”
Volcanologists are not worried about Yellowstone erupting soon.
Firstly, Law of Headlines - the answer is no. But secondly, Volcanologists are not even worried about Yellowstone erupting anytime soon: this video
“See this video for more information”
Debunks the supervolcano doom myth.
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: this video
“There is a video by Soup Emporium on Youtube that compares the uplift of the Yellowstone caldera to Campi Flegrei's.”
Compares Yellowstone caldera uplift to Campi Flegrei.
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. this video
“Yellowstone will not explode and end civilization”
Yellowstone will not end civilization.
Yellowstone will not explode and end civilization (or American civilization for that matter) in many many lifetimes: this video
“There is no real prospect of a "Yellowstone event"”
No real prospect of a Yellowstone event.
There is no real prospect of a "Yellowstone event": this 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.
