We Finally Know Where Yellowstone Will Erupt Next

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Scientists now know the exact spot where the next Yellowstone eruption could strike. 🔥 New research points straight to the northeastern corner of the park, where magma keeps simmering against hot mantle rocks. That means if Yellowstone ever blows again, this is ground zero. It’s the kind of science that gives us chills—because it’s not just theory, it’s evidence. 🌋 Come see how scientists are piecing together the puzzle of Earth’s most famous supervolcano. This might change the way you look at Yellowstone forever.  Credit: Third Global Energy Field: By NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio - KBR Wyle Services, LLC/Lacey Young, Telophase/Miles S. Hatfield, ADNET Systems, Inc./Rachel Lense, Catholic University of America/Glyn Collinson, KBR Wyle Services, LLC/Krystofer Kim, ARES Corporation/Wes Buchanan - https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14628, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Discovering_Earth%E2%80%99s_Third_Global_Energy_Field_(SVS14628_-_Endurance_SEQ3B_4K).webm Exploring Volcanoes: By NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio - David Obajemu, ADNET Systems, Inc./Molly Wasser, University of Maryland/Nick Schmerr, USRA/Jacob Richardson, KBR Wyle Services, LLC/Dan Gallagher, ADNET Systems, Inc./Aaron E. Lepsch - https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14652, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Exploring_Volcanoes_with_NASA%E2%80%99s_GEODES_Team_(SVS14652).webm Star Trek Into Darkness / Paramount Pictures Baekdusan / CJ E&M Into the Inferno / Matter of Fact Media Sarychev Peak eruption: By ISS Crew Earth Observations experiment and Image Science & Analysis Laboratory, Johnson Space Center, NASA - https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/38985/sarychev-peak-eruption-kuril-islands, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sarychev_Peak_eruption_on_12_June_2009,_oblique_satellite_view.ogv Don't Look Up / Hyperobject Industries CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/: de eruptie van de vulkaan Keloed: By Collectie Wereldmuseum (v/h Tropenmuseum), https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=8598200 British Airways Flight 9: By Anynobody, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=4246161 Animation is created by Bright Side. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Music from TheSoul Sound: https://thesoul-sound.com/   Check our Bright Side podcast on Spotify and leave a positive review! https://open.spotify.com/show/0hUkPxD34jRLrMrJux4VxV   Subscribe to Bright Side: https://goo.gl/rQTJZz ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Our Social Media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/brightside Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brightside.official TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@brightside.official?lang=en Telegram: https://t.me/bright_side_official   Stock materials (photos, footages and other): https://www.depositphotos.com https://www.shutterstock.com https://www.eastnews.ru ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------  For more videos and articles visit: http://www.brightside.me  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This video is made for entertainment purposes. We do not make any warranties about the completeness, safety and reliability. Any action you take upon the information in this video is strictly at your own risk, and we will not be liable for any damages or losses. It is the viewer's responsibility to use judgement, care and precaution if you plan to replicate.

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00:00It's official. We now know the exact location and timing of the Yellowstone supervolcano's next eruption.

00:08And it's called a supervolcano for a reason.

00:11It will be thousands of times more powerful than a typical volcanic eruption.

00:16When this happens, the planet will face massive disasters.

00:20Earthquakes, tons of magma flows, ash and clouds that will block out the sun.

00:25The sky will be gray for a long time.

00:28We will have a shortage of food because of the lack of sunlight.

00:32Planes won't be able to fly.

00:34Some species of animals and trees may disappear.

00:37One disaster will follow another like falling dominoes, one by one.

00:43Terrible times await Earth and...

00:45Okay, stop. It's clear. We got it.

00:48But when will all this happen?

00:50Don't worry. You won't be left without an answer.

00:54When ordinary volcanoes erupt, it's always a disaster.

00:57But only for those places that are located near the epicenter.

01:01Multiply the damage from an ordinary volcano by thousands and you'll get a supervolcano eruption.

01:07Yellowstone is one of the largest volcanic systems in the world.

01:11It's erupted three times in the last 2.1 million years.

01:14The last time was 640,000 years ago.

01:18The ash covered an area comparable to about half of the United States.

01:23Fortunately, there were no people there.

01:25But nature got hurt.

01:28A similar eruption of a similar supervolcano occurred about 74,000 years ago.

01:33It was the Toba supervolcano in Indonesia that caused an apocalypse.

01:37The human race barely managed to survive.

01:41According to some theories, only a few thousand people stayed alive at the time during the volcanic winter.

01:47But it's not confirmed.

01:49Since Yellowstone is a volcanic system located in a vast national park,

01:54it was important for scientists to find out exactly where the first spark would come from.

01:58They found out that Yellowstone's magma doesn't accumulate in one place,

02:03but hides in several separate underground reservoirs.

02:07The reservoir in the northeast of Yellowstone,

02:10next to a beautiful place called Sour Creek Dome, is the riskiest.

02:15Here, the red-hot magma comes into contact with the hot rocks of the mantle,

02:19which are located deep in the ground.

02:22Their high temperature keeps the magma in a liquid state.

02:25Imagine that you put a pot of hot milk on the stove.

02:29Nothing cools down, but only gets hotter,

02:31so the milk may soon begin to rise and flow out of the pan.

02:35The same thing is happening with the magma under Sour Creek Dome.

02:39Magma doesn't cool down there, and at some point, it may start to come out.

02:44It'll be like a broken pipe from which a fountain of boiling water gushes.

02:49But how did scientists find out?

02:51The magma reservoirs are located at a depth of about 6 miles,

02:56and this whole area is incredibly hot.

03:00They used a special method called magnetotellurics.

03:04So, Earth's rotating core creates a magnetic field that surrounds our planet.

03:09Magma flows around the core,

03:10and it contains many magnetic minerals that also create magnetic fields.

03:15Scientists use special instruments that sense those fields emanating from the magma,

03:20like a metal detector senses lost jewelry on the beach.

03:25Using magnetotellurics, they scanned Yellowstone and discovered four large magma reservoirs.

03:31Three of them emitted powerful electromagnetic waves,

03:34and in the fourth, which is in the northeast,

03:37they recorded a much stronger signal from the magnetic field.

03:40This is where the eruption is supposed to occur.

03:43But fortunately, it won't happen soon.

03:46Perhaps in tens of thousands of years.

03:49Perhaps in hundreds.

03:51Phew!

03:51You can relax.

03:53No volcanic apocalypse is coming soon.

03:56But how do scientists know when this magma will start to erupt?

04:00Magma doesn't have a timer, and the volcano doesn't wake up with an alarm clock.

04:04So, magma flows inside the pores of solid rock.

04:09It resembles a dishwashing sponge with lots of small holes through which water passes.

04:15Magma penetrates these pores and fills them.

04:18For magma to start erupting outward, it must fill at least 40% of these pores.

04:23About 20% of them are filled now.

04:26But these hot rocks continue to heat the magma and keep it liquid,

04:30so it can flow between the pores.

04:32At some point, it will connect with other pools of the liquid magma

04:37and become a large stream that will rise to the top.

04:41How can we prevent this from happening?

04:43It seems that the solution here is to cool the balsam rocks.

04:47But it's impossible to do so.

04:50They are several miles deep, they are incandescent, and there are too many of them.

04:55And in any case, trying to cool a part of the Earth's core sounds like a very bad idea.

05:02All we can do is accept that nature has its own plans.

05:06If the eruption occurs in tens or hundreds of thousands of years,

05:10then perhaps humanity will find a way to solve this problem.

05:14If not, then we should prepare for the consequences.

05:17A huge global catastrophe starts with a massive, large-scale explosion.

05:23The erupting magma produces a gigantic amount of ash.

05:27A powerful burst of energy collapses the Earth's crust over the magma reservoir.

05:32This leads to the formation of a giant caldera.

05:36You've probably seen a huge crater in a volcano.

05:39So, this is the caldera.

05:42The natural disaster is so loud, it deafens everyone who is nearby.

05:48The blast wave rises ash and pumice stone at a speed exceeding the speed of sound.

05:53Volcanic materials reach incredibly high altitudes in minutes.

05:58Then, this pillar of ash spreads and plunges a huge territory into darkness.

06:03The incandescent particles in the lower part fall under their own weight and heat the air around them.

06:10It's almost impossible to breathe.

06:12The red-hot pieces of pumice stone and ash set fire to the surroundings.

06:17All this hot mass turns into pyroclastic flows that destroy and burn everything in their path.

06:24Forests, houses, roads, everything turns into coal.

06:28No planes can fly there.

06:31Tiny particles can penetrate engines.

06:34Besides, it's impossible to see through such a dark gray, hot cloud.

06:39It's also dangerous to drive cars.

06:42Volcanic particles can burn tires.

06:45Luckily, thanks to seismic technologies, people have learned in advance about the eruption.

06:50So, everybody has evacuated.

06:52The column of ash that has reached the edge of space continues to expand in different directions.

06:58The wind helps the volcanic dust expand.

07:01A giant, umbrella-like cloud appears over the territory of Yellowstone.

07:06It's getting wider and wider and plunges a huge area into hot darkness.

07:13During the first 24 hours, ash falls on most of the United States and parts of Canada.

07:19It knocks out power lines, pollutes bodies of water, and destroys crops.

07:24Then, the rains begin.

07:26The water mixes with the ash and falls to the ground in the form of gray mud.

07:32And don't forget, it's also poisonous.

07:35The ash contains mercury, arsenic, and lead in large quantities.

07:40Such toxic masses poison rivers, lakes, land, and air.

07:44All this time, the volcano continues to erupt.

07:48The outbursts of magma, ash, and pumice can last for several weeks or even a month.

07:53And this is just the beginning.

07:56The ash soon begins to settle, but the sulfur dioxide released during the eruption spreads all over the atmosphere.

08:03This gas mixes with the atmospheric water vapor and forms an aerosol consisting of small particles.

08:09All this covers the planet like a veil.

08:12This cap makes it difficult for the sun's rays to pass through, which means it lowers the temperature of the Earth's surface.

08:19These events cause a sharp cooling of several degrees in the world.

08:24Farmers lose a huge amount of their crops.

08:27Food prices rise and economies collapse.

08:30There might be a famine all over the planet.

08:34Human civilization can plunge into chaos.

08:36In a few years, the temperature will start rising.

08:41But it will take at least a couple of decades to return to previous standards.

08:46What will become of humanity by that time?

08:48Of course, we will survive.

08:50But we'll have to rebuild our civilization.

08:53But don't be afraid.

08:55If nothing depends on us, let's just enjoy every day of life.

08:59Be grateful and help each other.

09:00Supporting and caring for each other even during the volcanic winter is a guarantee that humanity will survive.

09:09That's it for today.

09:10So hey, if you pacified your curiosity, then give the video a like and share it with your friends.

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