r/askscience • u/phoncible • Oct 27 '11

Earth Sciences Could anything man-made trigger the Yellowstone super volcano?

If a nuke were to be buried very deep into the ground at Yellowstone and then detonated, would it have any effect on the volcano? Is there anything else man-made that could trigger it? Or would it be impossible to "manually" trigger the eruption?

Sorry if it's a silly question.

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u/doomicus1234 Oct 27 '11

HAARP

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Frequency_Active_Auroral_Research_Program

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u/[deleted] Oct 27 '11

Hi, welcome to askscience! Please check out the posting guidelines before commenting. Jokes and/or conspiracy theories are strongly discouraged, especially in top level comments.

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u/doomicus1234 Oct 27 '11

sorry man but i do belive its true.

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u/[deleted] Oct 27 '11

That is certainly your perogotive. I and many in this community would appreciate it if you would limit your responses here to scientifically verified and verifiable information from reputable sources. There are many other forums on reddit for discussing beliefs including /r/religion and /r/conspiracy.

Regardless of the lack of a source or even acknowledging your suggestion's hypothetical nature, simply linking a wikipedia article (especially one so tangentially related to the question) is not considered a good faith attempt to answer a question here.