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user-inactivated  ·  4310 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Supervolcanoes in the Ancient World

Thoughts on averting it? We'd have to apply artificial pressure to the air inside the chamber, which seems ridiculously difficult.

(As an aside, a book I now vow to write, no matter how scientifically inaccurate: is the story of the most dedicated suicide bomber of all time, who penetrated our defenses around the Yellowstone caldera and blew it up by releasing the pressure.)





mk  ·  4310 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I did wonder if a nuclear bomb could set it off. I imagine it wouldn't help.

theadvancedapes  ·  4310 days ago  ·  link  ·  

The interesting thing is that computer simulations of these scenarios should be able to give us a good idea of what approach to take.

theadvancedapes  ·  4310 days ago  ·  link  ·  

That sounds awesome!!! Write it!!! I would love to help if you have any questions or you need someone to go over a draft. Check out the BBC docudrama about a Yellowstone eruption for some ideas as well!

user-inactivated  ·  4310 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Shelved for NaNoWriMo 2013, I guess. Hold me ... to that?

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