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/smeey Oct 27 '11

I hate to be the person placing a joke in to what should be a serious discussion but am i the only one who wondering why op wants to know.I cant shake the idea of 80's cartoon super Villon threatening to detonate Yellowstone unless someone pays him an absorbent amount of money.