OPINION (Daily Star) – A top geologist has warned two-thirds of the world’s population will die if the Yellowstone Supervolcano erupts – and the United States would be totally wiped out. Dr. Jerzy Zaba, a geologist at the University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland, said the eruption would be completely devastating for the world and completely unavoidable. The caldera, which sits in the Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming, is said to be long overdue an eruption,
with numerous warnings over the last couple of years. “I predict an eruption similar to the one from 640,000 years ago would destroy most of the United States’ territories,” Dr. Zaba said. “The erupted materials would cover everything within a 500 km radius with a meter-thick layer. And due to the emission, of dust, gases or sulfur monoxides into the atmosphere, we would witness a cooling of the climate. READ MORE