Possible supervolcano eruption and the resulting temps?

[Pasakaina]

If the supervolcano erupted under yellowstone national park in the U.S., and the temperetures went down by 10-20c globally, would beardies in the wild be affected? I'm not saying that I believe in all that, but I am wondering.

So for the typos, I'm writing on my phone.

 

[CooperDragon]

If Yellowstone erupted, it would cause some pretty major problems for sure... As far as dragons in the wild go, I'd guess that the toughest of them would adapt and evolve just like any other species able to survive such a massive change.

 

[dementedlullaby]

I don't consider myself an expert but I fail to see how temps would drop world wide if the supervolcano under Yellowstone was to blow.

The killzone is fairly large, while even the secondary ash zone would extend through a large portion of the US and a bit of Canada it wouldn't globally block out the sun or anything. I'm a bit perplexed how it would drop temps globally lol.

The leading expert on the Yellowstone supervolcano also stated it's 1m to 1 chance of it exploding. Still better chances than winning the lotto but ya haha.

 

[SkyfangRauss]

a drastic temperature change in any one part of the world will affect the entire world.

for example, a drastic temperature change in the US due to a Yellowstone blowout would affect the weather patterns in places like England and other parts of Europe because of the way wind moves across the earth.

for an example, last week, maybe the week before, there was a massive typhoon (thought not as big as super typhoon tip) in the pacific, and it blew a big cold front through the eastern seaboard of the US. in the middle of summer, we had temps dropping down to 65F in some places when the normal is 95F+

now if a relatively small phenomenon like a typhoon can cause that kind of change across an entire country, what do you think something like Yellowstone would do to the world?

 

[dementedlullaby]

now if a relatively small phenomenon like a typhoon can cause that kind of change across an entire country, what do you think something like Yellowstone would do to the world?

I don't know. Which is why I said I'm not an expert :mrgreen:

I'm going to go read up on it more now. Not out of fear, just interest haha.

 

[Pasakaina]

Also, have you ever heard that most of the pollution In the UK actually Comes from the northeastern US, and the pollution in the northeastern US comes from mid US? Well, that's the result of the jet stream, I believe, and that means that all the ash that would come out of the volcano would travel east, and eventually, all around the world, blocking the sun, and causing global temps to drop. An example of this is the eruption that happens in Iceland a few years ago, which caused the temps to drop in Europe for a few months, I believe, though I was in the US at the time so I'm not an expert on that. Of course, if the super volcano erupted, the effects would be much larger scale, but you get the idea. Of course, this is only my theory, so I might be wrong .
EDIT: I just realized that someone already mentioned the jet stream . Sorry.

But you guys are right, such a large eruption is unlikely. If the volcano does erupt, it might erupt on a much smaller scale (and only spurt out a small amount of lava and that's it.) :wink: .