Supervolcano Eruption Mystery Solved

This was a simulation of a simulated explosion of a simulated volcano, using power factors and physical environments that don't even come close to matching the variables extant around a volcano. In no way do I see anything even remotely conclusive in this article. This is somewhat akin to building a VERY expensive, and VERY large table top volcano using glycerin and potassium permanganate, and concluding that the real volcano would look and act just like this one, but a lot bigger.

Shoot, they don't even have any conclusive evidence that a super volcano ever erupted in the past, given that they are positing a "super volcano" as being fundamentally different in it's behaviour than volcanos we KNOW exploded.

This is rubbish, but I'll bet it will get them a lot of funding.

I have to agree with you and everyone else that's commented up to this point. I don't think they even got past the theory but like you said,I'm sure they can get some super funds for their research.

Besides, what are you going to do if a Super Volcano explodes? The only thing I can think of would be, "When you see the flash in the sky, bend over and place your head firmly between your knees and kiss your a$$ go bye!" ( from a 1968 poster of what to do in a Nuclear attack)

BFD. Volcanoes can trigger earth tremors before erupting, but how much if any causation is in the opposite direction?

Still unknown, despite this fluff piece.

The headlines back in London in the late 1600s were all about "Gravity Mystery Solved!", "Mystery Nature of Light Solved!", "Newton As Alchemist! Mystery of Lead to Gold Soon To Be Solved!"

How much more was (is) there to learn about Gravity after Newton's breakthrough? How much more was (is) there to learn about light after Newton's work? How much is there to learn after this current Yellowstone hypothesis?

Any headline about Science that claims a mystery has been solved is likely to have been written by an idiot who couldn't define "hypothesis" if he were given a dictionary to copy from.

Sorry, this is just a story about some interesting work which may or may not lead to something fruitful.

Fully agree, on all points. Thanks.