Forget Yellowstone - These EIGHT Supervolcanoes Could Destroy The World | Answers With Joe

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Supervolcanoes are bigger than you think, and there are more of them than you think. There are, in fact, eight supervolcanoes around the world that have changed the geography of continents and caused mass extinctions. What are these volcanoes? What causes them, and most importantly, could we survive one?
Today we take a deep dive into one of the most destructive forces on the planet. And if you think that supervolcanoes have been over-hyped... trust me, they haven't.
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[@WookieZoo]

"Number dyslexia" is called dyscalcula. Learned this when I stumbled into my dyslexia diagnosis. Would love to see a video on dyslexia if you get around to it. Very different and more complex than what most people think. Thanks for all the great videos!

[@lostbutfreesoul]

Dysgraphia here... the number of different types of 'dyslexia' out there is curious in and of itself.

[@WookieZoo]

@@lostbutfreesoul ha! True. It was interesting opening this box to find a much more nuanced spectrum than just "oh you flip b and d around". I am specifically dysphonic, meaning I mishear a lot and have trouble with spelling, spell check is my best friend.

[@TopHatNinja68]

@@WookieZoo also bad though because I've become so dependent on it now I have exams where I can't spell anything.

[@myscreen2urs]

Dyscalcula? The count? 🧛🙃

[@MissMTurner]

*dyscalculia (I discovered there was a name for my own numerical challenges in my 30s after years of just thinking I was somehow defective for not being able to "get" even basic math the way most children could.)

[@gager73]

Nothing like waking up to Joe with a friendly reminder of how easily we can all die! Always adds to my daily view of Mount St. Helens.

[@thejokestersquad3686]

Ew a bot

[@matheussanthiago9685]

just keep any son of poseidon far from the mount and you'll be fine

[@aserta]

You're likelier to die from old age than getting merked by a volcano, especially with the early detect systems these sites usually have, but eh, what can ya do. IMO, live today, leave tomorrow to the one day older you.

[@therockinboxer]

Did you hear? Were gonna die! 😀

[@sirfer6969]

@@therockinboxer Not only that, we're ALL gonna die!!!1!!1! As soon as I saw the bay of Santorini in the first few minutes I recognised what it was straight away and it gave me chills.

[@teslapc]

In a semi recent documentary about mnt st helens, they were trying to figure out what all the earthquakes meant. A very respected volcanologist said “we have realized we know nothing about volcanoes”

[@scottslotterbeck3796]

LOL.

[@overthedio97]

I bed they are feeling that even harder with the recent explosion from Hunga Tunga Hunga Ha’apai. That was not expected at all

[@anonthehousemouse]

The wisest thing any human can say is "I know nothing."

[@joshjones6072]

Two of my Geology Professor's colleagues (geologists too) were vaporized when Mt. Saint Helens erupted suddenly and sent down the burning ash cloud "nuée ardente". There were 20 monitoring the volcano spaced around it.

[@TheRealGuywithoutaMustache]

It's actually pretty eye opening how many people would actually pass away if the Yellowstone did erupt

[@rosiehawtrey]

Inbredistanis wiped off the planet - I feel a strange lack of sympathy in the force.

[@murrayg]

I don't think "pass away" is the right terminology for violent death via fiery apocalypse

[@guidedmeditation2396]

Have you been to Yellowstone? If not then you should go before its too late. It will be a high point in your life as it is like nothing you will see again. Just knowing it could erupt at any moment heightens your senses and seeing things like steam shooting out of a crack in the middle of an asphalt parking lot really brings the message home. You are walking on the thin crust of a massive sea of molten lava. Some entire loops and geyser areas have to be closed because the roads have melted and new geysers are spewing from the middle of the road or right on the side painted line.

[@Hellmuth4]

texas will be missed

[@jcm028]

Just dawned on me that the ash cloud would move largely straight east......and i'd be one of the first to go....eff.

[@asralyn7339]

I am blown away by how often Joe picks topics I'm interested in, goes on to talk about what I already know... and then absolutely floor me with information I've never heard. I love his deep dives into research so much.

[@scottdowney4318]

And they were all a type of socialists. Socialists are busybodies that think they know better what is good for you, and if given the power, will go to extremes in their quest, against the freedoms of choice for people and what is perceived as generally good and right by the common man, time always tells that tale. I knew a Romanian who lived under socialism and he said life was bad.

[@onthebeachinsitges]

@@scottdowney4318 how many generalisations can you fit into a wholly irrelevant comment?

[@abelmeelker6908]

@@scottdowney4318 wtf is this comment

[@tenormdness]

Me too!!! And my name is Joe, and I have a beard, and I live in Texas. I really want to know if my Dad ever “met” his mom.

[@Dr.White_PHD]

Volcanoes are like a chicks buttcheeks while she’s running. They slide together creating friction. If there’s no sweat, it can create a rash. If there’s sweat then you crate dingleberries that rise to the top and have to eventually be cut out with scissors.

[@scotley]

As a kiwi, living relatively close to Taupo, it took me most of the section about lake Taupo before I realized Joe was talking about New Zealand. Awesome video, but butchered the pronunciation!

[@darkhighwayman1757]

How is it pronounced?

[@ManicEngine]

@@darkhighwayman1757 tau like how, po like joe... Tau-po

[@darkhighwayman1757]

@@ManicEngine thanks mate

[@russc788]

@@ManicEngine That's how most pronounce it. I don't think it's the proper pronunciation though

[@freemanjewelryworkshop]

@@russc788 is correct, that’s not quite right, but is a good guide. Listening to it pronounced perfectly is beautiful ♥️

[@CataclysmZA]

Ah yes, KZbin might think it's a good idea that today, of all days, I might want to watch a video about supervolcanoes. Yep.

[@lucygeorge8161]

You mentioned the Taupo eruption..there was one more before it from the same magma system called the whakamaru ignimbrite ejected literally nearly twice as much as the oaranui eruption at around 2000km3

[@mrallelectriccarlunacy]

This video was awesome, start to finish. If filmmakers were paying attention, Joe just outlined the plot for some very compelling stories I’d definitely stream.

[@zwerko]

There is that dramamentary TV movie called Supervolcano that focuses on what could happen during and after a super-volcano (Yellowstone) eruption. It's rather entertaining and a tad-bit unnerving...

[@owenb6499]

Every Joe Scott video is like this he is amazing

[@Bipandeep9t9]

Noice

[@erictheepic5019]

Read 'Outland' by Dennis E. Taylor. Quite good sci-fi book about Yellowstone blowing its top, and how a bunch of college students survive the apocalypse via their dissertation.

[@henricomonterosa4534]

Hire Joe! 🔥🤩

[@PlasmaChannel]

Answers with Joe: The Term Megameter And Why We Should Use It. Loved the history on this one. Minoan civilization is a huge interest of mine.

[@KristophM]

Plasma! My man. Been subscribed for years. You're a legend.

[@jhcoverdrive9287]

In Elite:Dangerous, Mega-meters are one of several units of measure on the ship’s scanner

[@bluceree7312]

Kilometer. Duh! not sure why he was deliberately obtuse on this.

[@leogama3422]

We are talking about volumes, a cubic megameter is equivalent to one *billion* (1000³) cubic kilometers, not one thousand...

[@bluceree7312]

@@bearlytamedmodels oh i thought it was 1000 meters did not notice that. I am the obtuse one :)

[@bobbyunger2758]

I don't like being terrified but Joe does it in such an entertaining way that I can't help but watch. He is by far one of the best science communicators in the world and I hope he gets that recognition. I think one day we'll look back and say that we knew him before he got megafamous and got his television series.

[@tracyboyall2631]

One supervolcano you didn't mention is possibly the most scary of them all. I'm talking about the Campi Flregrei under western Naples. People have actually built their homes on top of the calderas. Vesuvius shares the same magma chamber and is the lesser threat if/when it erupts.

[@helmivanwinden847]

I missed that one too. Italy is trying to depopulate Napels because of this treat, by giving premiums to those moving out of the region.

[@dorothybermudez8904]

Campi Flegrei has been left out of several videos about supervolcanoes and yet we are all watching to see if this will be the one to erupt!

[@NotNearMint]

@@dorothybermudez8904I’m expecting an eruption this year. We have a planetary configuration coming soon. Hard not to pay attention to this.

[@My_initials_are_O.G.cuz_I_am]

3:13>> Yes, megameter [Mm] is technically a thing. It's perfectly correct to say that the circumference of the Earth is about 40Mm, or that the average distance to the Sun is about 149.6Gm, or that Proxima Centauri is 40 petameters and 208 terameters or 40,208Pm away. Just a little correction though, you seem to have forgotten about the cube factor, a Mm³ is 1'000'000'000 Km³.

[@user-lv7ph7hs7l]

The most common one is just m. For example 1 km = 1 x 10^3 m and so until it makes sense to use Parsecs. I saw that a lot. Same with mm. 1 mm would usually be expressed as 1 x 10^-3 m. Little silly for mm but for nanometers and so on it's way easier then remembering the term.

[@QuantumBraced]

Be careful though, because Windows recognizes a terameter as only 931 gigameters... :p

[@JaydragonM]

>Pauses video immediately with slightly disturbed and confused face< ... >thinks for a moment< ... >feverishly googles "megameter"< >reads< "Oh, so it *IS* a thing..." ... feels a strange emptiness and lack of satisfaction.

[@JaydragonM]

Also, yeah good point on the cube factor. That being said, if you imagine it as a 100km² column 10km high.... that's a f@cking mega-big column

[@granudisimo]

Megadeath is also a thing, to be precise when 1.000.000 deaths. Plus, it sounds like an awesome name for a metal band, too bad it was already picked like 4 decades ago.

[@drewlomax7837]

8:21 "single most energetic event to have happened in the history of the planet" Theia would like a word with you, Joe... and that word is "Moon."

[@Wordsmiths]

...and Drew Lomax takes that trick for sure. Bid and won.

[@joescott]

AcTUalLY... 😄 Obviously aside from that one.

[@larryrebecca5719]

Oh yeah That's great idea

[@alethearia]

Yeah! I'd like a word! No one gives me credit! 🤣

[@PoochieCollins]

@Drew : yeah, Joe would've been correct if he added, "since the beginning of complex life." The planet collision that created the Moon fortunately isn't possible anymore, even on large time scales.

[@-MostHated-]

I remember watching a 3-part miniseries about a fictional eruption at Yellowstone. I can't remember the name of it but it was low budget for the time although it was well enough done that it absolutely terrified me. You could more than likely say goodbye to the continental United States if a major event ever occurred. It was a nice touch in the show after an eruption event survivors were flooding to the Mexico border while Meican government officials were trying to stop them. The irony there is astounding but nonetheless truthful. It would happen.

[@scottslotterbeck3796]

Bullcrap. Mexico, the United States, and Canada will be long gone in 159,000 years. That said, you should move to Mexico now, get a head start

[@isaacharvison5323]

Technically we’re not in a mass extinctions it haft toover 60 percent and ocean life to near extinction 👀👀

[@bunkertons]

@@scottslotterbeck3796 Bruh.

[@true8843]

I bet they built a wall. 🤣

[@sirridesalot6652]

Was that mini-series titled, "VOLCANO"?

[@crimsonstorm34]

Actually, you can see a super volcano from the ground. Sakurajima is an active super volcano, and you can also see some of Aso which is another super volcano.

[@FugaxContrapunctus]

"Yet another beautiful day to wonder whether or why it's even worth existing in the first place." -An existential vulcanologist, probably.

[@myscreen2urs]

I'm sure that the vulcanologist would say, "Live long and prosper 🖖"

[@bradleypitcher8784]

Excellent video! So much great info, so well explained! A couple of minor clarifications* from a volcanologist: -4:51 Most on-land volcanoes form at plate boundaries due to subduction of a plate beneath another (which release water into the mantle= melts the mantle=magma) not at "cracks where plates are pulling apart" -6:37- melted rock inside the Earth is "magma" not "lava" -6:42: most of the gasses that make the volcano "go boom" aren't from "melting the rock beneath [the volcano]" they are inherited from the mantle (and concentrated during crystallization or recharged by new magma) -6:50- the picture shown is of mantle plume upwelling, and is unrelated to "magma chambers" -7:13 The picture shown while talking about the Huckleberry ridge eruption of Yellowstone is of Mt. Rainier in Washington, which is unrelated -7:46- I don't know why there is a video of a forest on fire. The forest around Pinatubo was destroyed by ash and pyroclastic flows there was no ignition of trees like you see being burned by mafic lava flows (e.g. Hawaii, La Palma) -9:46- Pronounced "Tao-poh" **Again, I want to stress that these are very minor and everything else in the video was awesome and factually correct!🤓

[@_chelcie]

as a kiwi - it’s pronounced “toe-paw” but thanks for correcting! and for the volcano facts! 😇

[@matthewlopes832]

As a watermelon its pronounced "poe-tah"

[@_chelcie]

@@matthewlopes832 omg ive never met a watermelon b4 hi

[@JarodM]

Excellent, thank you for the clarification and expert input~🌋👍

[@scifino1]

Thanks for the clarifications!

[@patriciaaturner289]

Science fiction author Harry Turtledove, a specialist in alternate history, wrote a trilogy on the aftermath of the Yellowstone caldera blowing. It’s loads of fun to read.

[@Weavileiscool]

Turtledove’s novels are absolutely crazy and weird but fun to read

[@sophroniel]

Showed this to my dad, a vulcanologist. He just giggled and shrugged and walked away without saying anything. (For the record, he wrote and studied the Banks Penninsula cone network down further south in New Zealand)

[@JessieNebulous]

And here comes Joe, with more anxiety fuel. Quite timely, too. I've been sleeping too well lately. 😉 Lots of love to you, good sir! Edit- I'm a patron via Joe's patreon, so I get early access to videos. That's why my comment was so early. 😉

[@bitofapickle]

How the hell is your comment 20 hours old? KZbin tells me this video was released 19 minutes ago and it has a bit over 200 (two hundred) views.... What the hell?

[@chriskukowski398]

@@bitofapickle Mandela Effect?

[@chriskukowski398]

This video brought to you by Pfizer, the maker of Xanax.

[@ShaunSommer]

@@bitofapickle people who "join" get early access

[@jelly4frog498]

you commented this before the video came out?

[@ssquarkgaming1405]

As a physicist, I can confirm that the Mega Meter is a perfectly valid unit of measure 😂😂 however I have never seen or heard anyone use it, because like 1000km is fine 😂

[@scotth6814]

A megameter is a million meters. That is a linear measurement, not a measurement of volume (cubic meters or cubic kilometers).

[@ssquarkgaming1405]

@@scotth6814 Scientifically your point is valid, for volume it would indeed be Mega Meter cubed. However I was referring to @2:30 in the video where it is mentioned as a unit of length, and at no point in my comment do I say or even imply that a mega meter is a unit of volume.. hence, I find your comment rather redundant. It is a unit of distance, and is equal to 1000km as i stated above, or 1,000,000 meters. I have said that it is a perfectly valid unit because it is. Just like kilo meter, Giga meter, tera meter, peta meter, exa meter etc.. Just those units are not used very often.

[@bobfg3130]

Yes but this is cubic metres...or better said cubic kilometres. 1 cubic megametre is...1.000.000.000 cubic km. Why? 1 cubic centimetre is 1000 cubic millimetres. 1 cubic decimetre aka litre is 1000 cubic centimetres. 1 cubic metre is 1000 cubic decimetres.

[@brandonclarke3835]

@@bobfg3130 Ffs he wasn't talking about cubic metres...he was just saying the prefix "mega" is acceptable to use.

[@bobfg3130]

@@brandonclarke3835 No, he was talking cubic km. I think you have issues.

[@brianesbaugh6897]

Another great video! Such great content and so well presented with a perfect blend of information and humour

[@WingofTech]

You always make really nice report papers for us. Thank you so much Joe!

[@erikafreebird6449]

That was a cute comment on Santorini being adorable, in it's tininess.

[@sharonrocks6502]

😄🤗

[@XSemperIdem5]

Once he did the overlay on Yellowstone I almost spit out my food saying, "oh shit!"

[@OvelNick]

Adorable adorable'ness. 😁

[@sydneyrobertson4702]

I don’t know why… but Joe saying “be the volcano” really got me😂😂

[@kiwifarms]

Taupo went off last about 1800 years ago, and recently it has become earthquake active again. I live about 80kms from it.

[@savioblanc]

😳

[@clarimm6675]

0:29 I visited this site in 2019 and let me tell you, it's as stunning as it seems! Archeologists theorize that they've only discovered some 5-10% of the actual palace grounds. Can't wait to see what they'll find in the future!

[@andromedatonks60]

Awesome video (as always!), but small clarification at 5:04 in case any geology students are watching: Large igneous provinces (LIPs) are the enormous deposits of igneous rock that can form when lava erupts from a hotspot-- not synonymous with the hotspot itself. LIPs are usually flood basalts, like the Siberian Traps mentioned later in the video. On another note, I am 6 years into my studies as a geologist and I cannot believe I only just learned that the word felsic comes from mashing the words feldspar and silicon together. Mind blown.

[@prtauvers]

Where are you on ‘mafic’?

[@joshjones6072]

@prtauvers Magnesium and ferric (iron) thus mafic magma or lava, if I remember that correctly. Haha

[@andromedatonks60]

@@joshjones6072 mind blown once again!!

[@georgebuzea6879]

Joe, my good friend, you made me so proud at "Megameter" !

[@captainalex157]

he is beginning to believe.

[@ismirdochegal4804]

Though technically that term is correct, nobdy uses it. But be aware! 1000km could be called 1 Megameter, but 1000km^3 != 1Mm^3. You would need 1000km * 1000km * 1000km to get 1Mm^3

[@iaadsi]

@@ismirdochegal4804 Megameters and Gigameters are fairly common in commercial satellite operations. I've also seen logarithmic meters, a nifty way to display both microscopic and (extremely) macroscopic distances using very few digits (e.g. -35 dBm = 316 µm, -20 dBm = 1 cm, 0 dBm = 1 meter, 86 dBm = distance to the Moon, 160 dBm = 1 light year, 213 dBm = Milky Way diameter) 😃

[@fcgHenden]

Mm is getting as much love as dM and DM. 🙃 All we know is they exist.

[@lostbutfreesoul]

@@iaadsi , Indeed! Almost as if the majority of people living on Earth are close enough together that we wouldn't need to say Megameter in normal conversations. The vast majority of us would have a great deal of difficulty trying to imagine that sort of distance anyway. If I had to explain that distance, for I have travelled multiple Megameters in a single sitting and it is not fun, the easiest way I can come to is to convert that distance into time. It is just easier for someone to imagine travelling at a constant but graspable speed for hours, then it is to imagine the distance crossed as one lump amount.... As our ground vehicle travel at an average-ish speed of around 1 Kilometer a Minute, this is likely why it is easier to imagine.

[@stevebuffinton1094]

Super cool channel. I've enjoyed all your content since I found your channel a couple years ago. Ive always enjoyed science, I think I've gotten as much knowledge from your channel as I have from all the science classes I took in school. Great job, I'm glad you started your channel.

[@byewhobayou8868]

I just found your channel, and am now a subscriber. I love the content and your dry humor! Keep up the great work!

[@toolghost8932]

"Don't put all your eggs in one basket, filled with supervolcanoes." Make t-shirts Joe!!!!!

[@joescott]

Not a bad idea...

[@toolghost8932]

@@joescott Nice. I rarely get a reply from a creator. Thanks Joe😊

[@mugwump7049]

@@joescott Make a Be The Volcano one! I'd buy that.

[@Thurgosh_OG]

@@mugwump7049 That should be on the reverse of the "Don't put all your eggs in one basket, filled with super volcanoes." shirts.

[@mugwump7049]

@@Thurgosh_OG Nah, I just want those three words.

[@dagmar0904]

I was in crete this year and visited the probably second smallest palace from that time. There it shows, that there most likely wasnt a tsunami that eradicated the people living there, but a fire destroyed that palace (and others too). In santorini is also a village hidden beneath the ash, jsut like pompei and herculaneum. They even had toilets in the houses

[@CAMacKenzie]

Toilets in the houses. True civilization!

[@Arcboltkonrad13]

JUST A LITTLE CLARIFICATION We call the Minoans "Minoan" because of King Minos, yes, but we know of King Minos from ancient Greek stories about the Minotaur, not because we found his palace. The Palace of Knossos is only known as "Minos' Palace" because it is large and labyrinthine like the maze the Minotaur wandered in.

[@huntermckee2279]

“When the food goes away the neighbors G-…” “Let me stop you, if a super volcano erupts, the food hasn’t gone away until the last neighbor has gone away”

[@artemismoonbow2475]

Well, Joe just became the most wholesome prepper I have ever watched. I want to see Mr Roger's prepping extravaganza.

[@socialus5689]

I love hearing about world-ending possibilites!

[@Snailmailtrucker]

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[@Jacob_Overby]

Read up on Revelation, The 7 seals, 7 trumpets and 7 bowls of wraith.

[@buzzbee8869]

@@Jacob_Overby.......... Buddy.... What is it with you people? 🤦🏿‍♂️🤦🏿‍♂️

[@shanghaiberti4142]

@@Jacob_Overby give us a break. Jeeeezzz

[@ggoddkkiller1342]

''Culturally assimilated''?? Sure, ancient Greece had no slavery, no human sacrifice for hellenistic Gods, no brutal wars and executions etc they were just playing games naked and holding elections if foreign people wanted to be ruled by them or not!!! Seriously this moronic bias toward ancient Greece is so beyond ridiculous...

[@matthewbrown435]

Another great vid Joe, FYI the correct Maori pronunciation of Lake Taupo in new Zealand is like saying: toe-por It's our biggest fresh water lake and over 600ft deep! so that must have been one helluva bang when that went off! 😁

[@thomaswilson818]

You nailed me on Brilliant when you spoke of your personal experience while others just say join. So I finally joined because of you and oh man thanks for getting personal because- WOW it's great! Really enjoyed the video as well! I'm in the field of basic electronics and this going to help me a ton!

[@jeremyscherbert7336]

Mega meter is a thing, though 1000km^3 isn't a cubic megameter... that would be 1000000000 km^3 = 1 megameter^3

A 1000 km would be a megameter, but a 1000 cubic kilometers is a cubic terameter :-)

[@jeremyscherbert7336]

@ nah, a cubic terameter is 1x10^27 cubic kilometers. 1 terameter is 1000000000 kilometers, then you need to cube that.

[@Eromatics]

I still find the opening drums very soothing. Great way to start a day with joe

[@drydenstewartenterprises]

Living in Southern British Columbia, I was worried about Yellowstone at one time, However, once I realized the Jet stream is going to push the ash to the east, so the west coast should be pretty safe, until of course that ash wraps around the globe and starts blocking out the sun light.

[@drydenstewartenterprises]

@@Jack_Russell_Brown If you need that sort of stuff.

[@micksitton9584]

Yellowstone might not get you, but Cascadia will!

[@primus7776]

Well researched and presented Subbed of course! Thanks.

[@Dreadlock1227]

Ah my weekly Monday morning dose of existential dread. Thanks Joe for never failing to make me question whether or not it’s all worth it ☺️

[@sharonrocks6502]

😂😢

[@philipashane]

Best supervillain team ever! Awesome as always, Joe.

[@thomasrobertson8109]

Thank you for your Channel update

[@inneskine7070]

Well I'm really glad you ended up on KZbin, because you are awesome at what you do! 😊

[@AubreyWilkinsWursten]

No KZbinr in history has had a worse effect on my grades. I was in the middle of an intense class when I discovered this channel, and now I'm getting none of it done. I'm learning more than I did in the class, though...

[@paulgoogol2652]

Time to get Brilliant.

[@howdareyouexist]

🤡

[@Laingrave]

Bruh...

[@daenite2480]

Oh boy, can't wait to be anxious of the uncontrollable again

[@soccerpc13]

I love that experts “don’t think we’re near another one any time soon” but also at the same time have absolutely zero clue when another one might happen. Any one that suggests otherwise is full of it.

[@rickyscott9351]

Extremely happy about finding this channel just now. Time to sub, binge, learn new things!

[@sergelysak]

It is good to know that when I start feeling too good about anything I can come here and have Joe scare the crap out of my consciousness.

[@joescott]

You're welcome.

[@debiesubaugher]

I have to say that "borked" is one of the best curse words I've ever heard.

[@epmcgee]

it's not a curse word

[@epmcgee]

@Andrew Rose different word.

[@chrisconway9959]

It refers to a justice that was not appointed, known as Robert Bork

[@debiesubaugher]

@@chrisconway9959 Mitch is still pissed about that.

[@likebot.]

NO! It's the word his clones use. This is from his "can we clone ourselves" video from a coupla years ago Watch for a half minute from this point: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gGakZpqrf6ynbck

[@prashank]

They upgraded Lake Tapau to level 1 activity today. Thank you very much Joe

[@collinstanton]

Enjoyed the show. Very enlightening.

[@Assassin_Droid]

"Be the volcano" -Joe.

[@CharlieTheNerd91]

Thank you Joe, I needed one (or eight) more things to worry about... Really... Thank you.

[@SlocketSeven]

As i understand it, half my country exist solely to jerk it to trauma, horror, and enormous amounts of existential dread and anxiety. And you can tell who they are by how they vote.

[@loddfafnir6111]

Don't worry, we'll wipe ourselves out long before a supervolcano goes off.

[@CAMacKenzie]

@John Barber Don't bet on it. I dread it but, bad things happen. And after all, bad as he was, he wasn't a supervolcano.

[@tm13tube]

I’m supposed to be researching how to make the neatest beginning in Japanese Sashiko. But here I am Joe. I can already tell I’m going to have to watch this one more than once. It’s so full of interesting thoughts. 😊

[@robertschlesinger1342]

Very interesting, informative and worthwhile video.

[@zosorover828]

Joe, big fan; I'd love to see a video with you explaining how to survive a total civilization collapse. Sure, it's hypothetical and therefore basically impossible to do that, but I think a compilation of sound survival techniques mixed with hypothetical yet plausible complications due to a natural disaster or whatever would make for a good vid

[@BeautifulEarthJa]

This would be dope!

[@scottslotterbeck3796]

Not a big fan of annoying pretentious people.

[@Totalinternalreflection]

I’ve been learning maths from the ground up with brilliant, I’m 40 and I’ve learn more in a few weeks with brilliant than I did in all of my schooling. I was really let down by my teachers in school like you, it feels good to be doing it myself now.

[@American_Moon_at_Odysee_com]

Great content! Thank you!

[@VenomStryker]

I love his sarcasm. Hilarious! One of the reasons I watch this channel is for the funny moments along side the serious commentary. :-)

[@LordandGodofYouTube]

I've sailed past Pinatubo for my job, and what's left of it. It was awe-inspiring.

[@shadowprince4482]

I highly recommend going to Lassen National Park. You can get a good view of just how massive it's eruption was because pretty much the whole entire park is just the caldera left behind from one eruption. You can stand in one spot and be like "wow there used to be a very huge mountain right here and now there's just a crater filled with boiling mud pots of death.

[@theshermantanker7043]

Supervolcanoes are never mountains in their lifetimes, they're always just gigantic craters in the earth because the eruptions are always too violent to allow a cone shape to form

[@llabronco]

@@theshermantanker7043 I think they may be referring to the remains of Mount Tehama.

[@burryhulbertjr1429]

Just found your channel. Awsome.!! Rock on !! Great job!

[@Lightwish01]

*First timer to this channel and so far I enjoyed this video! I will see a few more vids before I decide to sub, but it looks positive and I want to see if your other ones are as informative and interesting as this one is! Thanks for the great video I am curious to learn as much as it is interesting. Super volcanos are scary!*

[@judethaddeus9856]

This channel is AMAZING! You’ll love it

[@ahblooloo8639]

Starting a week on high note, thanks Joe.

[@MrGonzonator]

They way you're using km here, it's actually cubic km. A Mm or mega meter would be 1000km, so it's cube would be cubic mega meter or 1,000,000,000 km³.

[@seanbatiz6620]

On your last figure, wouldn’t the “k” be dropped when written out in long form? As in, “1,000,000,000 m3” ?

[@MrGonzonator]

@@seanbatiz6620 again, no and for the same reason. A km is 1000m and a km³ is 1,000,000,000 m³

[@gnorman8852]

This video was really interesting. I finally ordered a T-shirt from you, too. Thanks for your great videos & humor.

[@Myrddnn]

That was the first appropriate use of the term "borked" I've heard in years. Kudos for that. Loved the video.

[@ricknoyb1613]

Joe may not be an astronaut anytime soon, but the way he entertains while teaching hopefully gets people excited about things like science and history and that is what will bring about a much brighter tomorrow. (and he didn't even have to bribe me to endorse this channel). Pass Joe on to your friends and family.

[@fredolives5853]

"And it blew up with the force of about a hundred atomic bombs." That sounds a little small - like a couple orders of magnitude small. Krakatoa is generally estimated to have exploded with the force of ~10,000-13,000 Hiroshima atomic bombs (15kt yield). If Thera was 4-5x larger explosion, it would be in the ~40,000-70,000 HAB range. Now, if you are talking about multi-megaton yield fusion bombs, then a hundred bombs is more reasonable. And if you are talking about Tsar bomba (50Mt), then 10-15 is probably a reasonable estimate.

[@adamgoodwin9766]

Love the ad shift. Lots of "learning disabilities" can be reframed as different styles or speeds of processing new information that don't dictate capability.

[@maskettaman1488]

And having no legs could be reframed as a different style of walking lmao. Just call it what it is stop burying your head in the sand

[@onthelam5520]

Joe you are Brilliant. I wish I had you as an instructor in school. Always informative, always entertaining.

[@Darkflowerchyld718]

I think the great philosopher Gir said it best "Yay! We're all doomed!"

[@ikitclaw7146]

cupcake?

[@owiela]

Always love seeing NZ in videos from my favorite creators! And since you love learning, here's a small pronunciation correction. Taupo is pronounced 'toe'-'poor'. But a lot of people use the NZ-European pronunciation of 'tau' (like tower) 'poh' (like the Tellytubby). :]

[@KiwiRanger1]

Here is a KZbin video from the folk in Taupo on how to pronounce it ( turns out I had wrong too, just in a different way) kzbin.info/www/bejne/r5icpamreph-Ztk

[@fexdammit]

Tau- poh is the way almost anyone who lives near there would say it (and almost everyone over 40).... if you are a tvnz news reader then all bets are off... listening to how they mangle names makes me ashamed to be a kiwi.

[@owiela]

@@fexdammit At least most of them are trying to pronounce it correctly and respect the Maori language.

[@fexdammit]

@@owiela define "correctly", as it has been said for 200 years or as it is deemed to be correct based on current (and ever changing) trends.

[@owiela]

@@fexdammit This is the way I see it: As it's a Maori name, I would define 'correctly' as the name's origin. Unlike loan words such as those with French, Greek or Latin roots, for example, in which we've adopted into English , Taupo is not a loan word, it's a Maori name so it should be pronounced as above. Saying that, if Maori are okay with it - some are, some aren't - then say it however you like. I personally see it as a sign on respect to the culture and people, so I say it the way it's 'meant' to be said.

[@tscott6843]

Great video. Liked and subscribed.

[@AssassainZombieSlayer420]

Great video as always

[@Sinnbad21]

In the space game Elite Dangerous, they use Megameters sometimes to measure your speed (you go insanely fast)

[@doughboywhine]

A post-apocalyptic game set in the aftermath of a super volcano eruption actually sounds pretty interest, wonder why nobody has done it before

[@dkres82]

Because Zombies dominate post apocalyptic genre. I do agree though it would be cool to get something different like that.

[@RailsofEastTexas]

@@dkres82 fallout/stalker is interesting

[@dkres82]

@@RailsofEastTexas Fallout is good. Never played Stalker.

[@msudz1548]

Awesome content as usual and a shout of from NEW ZEALAND 🇳🇿

[@onionknight2239]

Great video Joe 👍

[@wlittle8908]

I was bummed out about those supervolcanoes especially the one on the eastern part of Canada since i live there but i feel better knowing Joe sucked at math like i did so thanks Joe. Not only did you make me feel better about sucking at math but you got me interested in Brilliant.

[@liamtice8794]

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[@applegal3058]

I'm glad to live in the middle of Newfoundland. Fairly low in seismic activity and Isola.

[@wlittle8908]

@@applegal3058 Actually thats where i live.lol

[@applegal3058]

@@wlittle8908 yes by, what a coincidence!

[@mr.boomguy]

​@@liamtice8794 Don't give these bots attention and ruin the reply section. Take some time and report these spammers for the right category.

[@river9994]

I sometimes feel so dumb, when I first hear Joe talk but by the end of the video ... damn I am 'smarter than the average bear' thank you for your videos they make me use my brain.

[@joescott]

That... might be the best compliment I could possibly receive. Thank you!

[@LeesReviews69]

@@joescott I agree with Alison!

[@DNAMobileGaming]

I've watched about 10 of your videos now and finally joined

[@rachelrobinson3746]

Very informative, interesting, and well explained. In fact, learning about all these cool volcanoes, blew me away! 🤣

[@carlierose881]

"I cannot stress this too much, it could be thousands of years before another super volcano eruption happens" Two months, Joe It's been 2 months.

[@tonyclevenger7811]

Uh no

[@carlierose881]

Uh not a statement of fact, chill bruh

[@MoOrion]

My favorite super volcano eruption demonstration used a Flask with Pine resin inside. This was pressurized. The sudden release of that pressure shows the pine resin nearly instantly flashing to vapor and foam. It's an amazing visual. I never been able to find a copy on youtube though. If anyone can find it I'd love to see it again.

[@sodapopcowboy8620]

Whas the resin filtered then pored into it? What shape was the flask? I really don’t know much about the difference of beakers and stuff.

[@georgeecheveste6545]

Another great video about something that I didn't know alot about. My favorite quote The Santorini caldera overlap over the Yellowstone super volcano "adorable"

[@shadetree6705]

Mt. Rainier is visible from my door, St Helens is less than two hours away. I can still remember St Helens erupting.

[@RichardTruth123]

Having grown-up in NZ, it was quite funny hearing Taupo. Makes total sence it would be said wrong as its a native Maori word but it was so surprising because you don't hear foreigners trying to say it.

[@massiveretard176]

Ahahaha noticed that as well, Had to do a double take at it.

[@oakstrong1]

This is the most optimistic video about a super eruption. You forgot to mention that the ash falling into water systems would make it toxic almost immediately, killing most marine life, likewise the land would also become toxic to most plants.. So, if you were lucky to have drinkable water, you'd still die of hunger (also, pollinators would be wiped out) and diseases (probably new viruses and strains of bacteria) The effect would be worldwide: I read somewhere that up to 1 it 2 thirds of humanity could be wiped out in a few years. Due to direct and indirect effects (including wars). Scientists also say that Yellowstone eruption is overdue, according to calculations based on previous eruptions. But while it could in theory erupt at any time, scientists are getting better at detecting warning signs.

[@infinitejest441]

I can’t say that the end of humanity would be bad for the world.

[@emptygatefilms5043]

Thanks!

[@sharylpetrovich1582]

Joe! You should do a video on the mechanics of prosthetic limbs, because I'm very interested in understanding how they work.

[@luciad.6487]

Out of all this video the thing that shocked me the most is that I, too, wanted to be an astronaut so much, and also really struggled a lot with math since basically I started my first year of school, and when I found out that most of the studies you have to do to become an astronaut revolves around math and calculations I simply gave up lmao

[@gregorypew793]

Same here! It's probably been the greatest regret of my life

[@luciad.6487]

@@gregorypew793 same duh, now I really enjoy physics and chemistry but when I studied them in the first year of high school they were a total nightmare, I really did not understand how to combine atomic numbers and everything that had to do with the periodic table which is mostly numbers, I was sooo bad at both the subjects

[@clousetechworkshop7597]

Wah Wah Springs and the other Super volcanoes that erupted around that time period were due to a specific geologic process that ended long enough ago that more super eruptions related to it are unlikely to happen. Still amazing to think of the amount of power and material released during those eruptions though.

[@mugwump7049]

Now I need a "Be The Volcano" T-shirt... Thanks, Joe!

[@beth-bi9yv]

Awesome. Another thing I can keep myself up at night.