Because humans have almost never gone there for 60 years, the Korean DMZ has become a refuge for several endangered species such as Siberian tigers and red crowned cranes.
Same at the old inner-german border a.k.a. 'Todesstreifen' ('Strip of death')
It's a pitty, that it seems it needs lethal dangers for humans for nature to flourish...
@AussiePengwin Uh, while Chernobyl is true, Yellowstone is completely different. Yellowstone is a federally protected national park, meaning because of human action the wildlife won't go extinct, because no one is allowed to hunt or build on it without permission, which you can almost never get, so it is more accurate to say you can NEVER do anything to harm it. Then again, building on top of the largest volcano on the continent & one of the single largest volcanoes in the world is probably not the best idea... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellowstone_Caldera
@PokemonSoldier Not just the North Western quarter, but a good chunk of Canada too. Also possibly a good chunk of life on the planet from a whole big list of things all happening because of it. Could be on the literal opposite point on the globe and you're still probably gonna have a bad time.
@Klaus It's going to be worse than that: the volcanic ash in the air will cause massive weather instabilities across the globe. When Tambura erupted in 1815, the ash it put out caused such low temperatures across North America and Europe that 1816 was known as the year without a summer. And Yellowstone is a *much* bigger volcano.
@ShoggothOnTheRoof A tambura is a musical instrument from the Balkan region. The mountain is called Tambora. So unless they just played so intense that they caused a year without summer...
Anyway, I agree with you, if Yellowstone goes, it might well be the end of mankind on earth.
@PokemonSoldier While some may say it's overdue, the timetable I've seen for the eruption is between 1,000-10,000 years from now. So, time for the present to get started researching ways to mitigate. Perhaps there's a way to bleed off the pressure, using the energy involved to fuel society. Either way, research is needed.
@MelodicFury Good luck building anything there, it is a national park and therefore any building of powerplants is not allowed. Not to mention, it may go off sooner because, well, North Korea is all I will say.
@PokemonSoldier Haha if someone genuinely came up with an idea that also safely released the volcanic pressure and prevented an eruption, I think the permit would go through. I doubt anyone thinks that is remotely possible to create though.
I'm curious why you think North Korea will set off an eruption though..
@mag Because they had a nuke test which caused an earthquake and caused a portion of mountain to fall off destroying a school building and actually killing people, in that order.
@PokemonSoldier At least those close enough will have a quick death in the case of a eruption. Perhaps preferable to slowly starving to death like much of the rest of the world would.
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