Description
Do you realize that our planet has experienced extraordinary volcanic eruptions in the geologic past on a scale far greater than those of human experience? These super-eruptions have taken place somewhere on Earth every 100,000 years. Will our next super-eruption be at Yellowstone National Park? Yellowstone is underlain by an unusual plume of hot rock that extends well into the Earth’s deep interior. It has been responsible for hundreds of super-eruptions that began 17 million years ago, and these are projected to continue into the future. Join us in examining the character, causes, and consequences of these spectacular eruptions and the probable effects of the next great super-eruption on planet Earth.
