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Why you should stop worrying Yellowstone’s supervolcano is about to end the world – So come see Yellowstone!

You can’t miss the heat coming from beneath the surface here. It’s visible everywhere you look, from the steaming geysers to the bubbling mud puddles and the colorful hot springs.

All that activity is fueled by a smoldering supervolcano, a heat engine buried deep underground that has produced some of the largest eruptions in the world. The last supereruption about 631,000 years ago spewed 240 cubic miles of pulverized rock and ash into the atmosphere, covering nearly half the country in the powdery residue.

"It’s an active volcano. It will erupt again," said Michael Poland, scientist-in-charge at the Yellowstone Volcano Observatory, a consortium of eight organizations led by the U.S. Geological Survey.

But don’t go changing your vacation plans just yet – or potentially ever.

Katharine Lackey, USA TODAY

https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/science/2018/08/21/yellowstone-supervolcano-eruption-stop-worrying-its-blow/973633002/

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