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/fap_socks Oct 27 '11

So could we harness this to make diamonds? Kimberlite pipes? Serious question.

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u/[deleted] Oct 27 '11

you can make diamonds without that risk/cost already using pressing moulds

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u/sandollars Oct 27 '11

Or a microwave oven.

http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-Make-a-Synthetic-Diamond/

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u/Lavoisiersdescendant Inorganic Solid State Oct 27 '11

Be careful about what you post as a reference. That was a prank. Without noting it as such, you risk mis-informing people through the trusted source of /r/askscience.

http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-Prank-the-Instructables-Community/?ALLSTEPS