SciShow is supported by Brilliant.org. Go to Brilliant.org/SciShow to get 20% off of an annual Premium subscription. You’ve probably heard that the supervolcano under Yellowstone National Park is a ticking time bomb ready to go off at any time. But as it turns out, volcanologists aren't too worried about it. Hosted by: Olivia Gordon SciShow has a spinoff podcast! It's called SciShow Tangents. Check it out at www.scishowtangents.org ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: www.patreon.com/scishow ---------- Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporters for helping us keep SciShow free for everyone forever: Adam Brainard, Greg, Alex Hackman, Sam Lutfi, D.A. Noe, الخليفي سلطان, Piya Shedden, KatieMarie Magnone, Scott Satovsky Jr, Charles Southerland, Patrick D. Ashmore, charles george, Kevin Bealer, Chris Peters ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook: www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: www.twitter.com/scishow Tumblr: scishow.tumblr.com Instagram: instagram.com/thescishow ---------- Sources: volcanoes.usgs.gov/vsc/glossary/vei.html www.ngdc.noaa.gov/hazard/stratoguide/helenfact.html www.wired.com/2013/07/revamping-the-volcanic-explosivity-index-or-tiny-eruptions-need-love-too/ volcanoes.usgs.gov/volcanoes/yellowstone/yellowstone_sub_page_49.html www.nationalgeographic.org/encyclopedia/caldera/ volcano.oregonstate.edu/toba-rising-super-volcano www.nps.gov/yell/learn/nature/volcano.htm www.nps.gov/yell/learn/nature/hydrothermal-features.htm www.nature.com/news/oldest-homo-sapiens-fossil-claim-rewrites-our-species-history-1.22114 www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0012821X17306519 www.express.co.uk/news/science/1090594/Yellowstone-volcano-eruption-overdue-when-erupt-super-eruption-usgs-yellowstone-news www.nationalgeographic.org/encyclopedia/ring-fire/ volcano.oregonstate.edu/hot-spot-volcanoes-hawaii-and-yellowstone-lesson-9 volcanoes.usgs.gov/volcanoes/yellowstone/yellowstone_monitoring_129.html pubs.usgs.gov/of/2007/1071/of2007-1071.pdf volcanoes.usgs.gov/volcanoes/yellowstone/hazard_hydrothermal_explosion.html www.newscientist.com/article/dn24809-buoyant-magma-behind-calamitous-supervolcano-eruptions/ www.yellowstonepark.com/park/will-yellowstone-volcano-erupt earthsky.org/earth/supervolcano-phlegraean-fieldsr-eruption-cycle www.forbes.com/sites/robinandrews/2019/01/11/this-really-bizarre-claim-about-yellowstone-volcano-will-make-your-head-spin/#5692fef9111c www.iflscience.com/environment/this-is-what-would-happen-to-the-world-if-the-yellowstone-supervolcano-erupted-today/all/ www.washingtonpost.com/news/capital-weather-gang/wp/2015/04/24/the-epic-volcano-eruption-that-led-to-the-year-without-a-summer/ www.livescience.com/20714-yellowstone-supervolcano-eruption.html www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/ancient-humans-weathered-toba-supervolcano-just-fine-180968479/

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