Yes! That is very true. A lot of Koreans wish for the DMZ to become a protected area if we ever unite

@Jennifer_Pevensie

Wow. That is an interesting idea. I don't think it would work out that way, but... what if it could?? *falls into the land of thinks*

@Maris I think it might, maybe partially???

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...

At least some good has come of it.

Same can be said of Chernobyl (and Yellowstone, I'm not sure).

@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 That giant volcano is a bit scary. It could mess up the climate a lot. Do us a favor and don't do anything that might upset it please.

@Rogers I'd be more worried that it is overdue to erupt, and that it just might wipe out the northwest quarter of the US.

@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.

@Elisitta #9693529
Burying the mid west under several meters of ashes is going to affect grain prices everywhere.

@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.

They'll friggin do it by accident.

@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.

@Rogers Or most already in North Korea who aren't part of the privileged elite.

@Rogers Oh you have no idea. It scares people on the east coast, and we live thousands of miles from it.

@Tear
That’s completely true

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2012/apr/13/wildlife-thriving-korean-demilitarised-zone

I guess they just need to avoid all the landmines.

Wasn't this used as part of a plot device in the movie, lady's husband was studying bugs or something and was captured and accused of being a spy?

Exact. and many ornithologists come by the DMZ to observe plenty of undisturbed birds living in the DMZ ^^

Well, that's the one good thing that came of that.