Supervolcanoes Part 1: Exploring Yellowstone and Lake Toba Episode #133

Supervolcanoes Part 1: Exploring Yellowstone and Lake Toba Episode #133

Author: Mind Escape June 24, 2020 Duration: 1:11:48
Today we discuss Yellowstone, Lake Toba, and Supervolcanoes. Is Yellowstone due for an eruption? How much damage would a supervolcano do and how would it effect humanity? We will also discuss why Yellowstone is not an imminent threat according to the data. We will go over why scientists believe the human population was reduced to roughly 3-10k people following the Lake Toba eruption. *All of our links are below 👇  https://linktr.ee/MindEscapePodcast *Here is the link to recent scientific paper and hypothesis regarding evidence of 2 supereruptions roughly 9million years ago in southern Idaho: https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/gsa/geology/article/doi/10.1130/G47384.1/586793/Discovery-of-two-new-super-eruptions-from-the *Here is the link to the recent NY Times article on those eruptions: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/18/science/yellowstone-supervolcano-eruption.html *Here is the link to the Livescience article on it: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/18/science/yellowstone-supervolcano-eruption.html *Here is a link to a couple of Supervolcano documentaries: https://youtu.be/Vt07neEU0bU https://youtu.be/G1pa6afh8o4

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