Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  (CNN) I te wā e haereere ana ngā tūruhi i waenganui i ngā kōhua pūngāwerewere 300 o Yellowstone, e tango ana i ngā whakaahua whaiaro i mua i ngā mano o ngā kohua oneone e pupuhi ana, e kohua ana, me ngā kōhua hau e hīhī ana, kei te takahi rātou i tētahi o ngā pōmi wā nui rawa o te ao. He supervolcano tino nui te papa, he mea whakamiharo ki nga kairangahau whenua mo nga tau tekau, engari inaianei he roopu rangahau, ma te whakamahi i te hangarau seismic ki te matawai i ona hohonu, kua kitea he kohuke. He nui ake te nui o ngā pūtaiao o te Whare Wānanga o Utaha i te whakaaro o mua, e ai ki ngā pūtaiao o Yellowstone. I raro i ngā mea whakamiharo o te papa whenua me ngā ara hikoi, he nui te toka wera hei whakakii i te Grand Canyon tata ki te 14 ngā wā. Ko te nuinga kei roto i te kohinga magma hou i kitea, i whakaatuhia e nga kaiputaiao i roto i te rangahau i whakaputaina i te Rāpare i roto i te niupepa Science. Tērā pea ka āwhina i ngā pūtaiao kia mārama ake he aha ngā pānga o mua o Yellowstone, i ngā wā o mua, i ētahi o ngā pānga nui rawa o te Ao i roto i ngā miriona tau kua hipa. I waihangahia hoki e ngā kaipūtaiao o Utaha te whakaahuatanga ahu-toru tuatahi o te hanganga matawhenua i raro i Yellowstone, e toru ngā wāhanga. Ko te pūtake pāmahana tino nui o Yellowstone e tae ana ki raro i te 440 ki te 1,800 maero i raro i te mata o te Ao - ā, tērā pea i ahu mai i tōna uho rewa. He kawenga mō te whakakii i te puna wai hou e takoto ana i runga ake i a ia. Ko te rūma magma, e mōhiotia kētia ana e ngā pūtaiao, kei runga ake i te ipu -- ā, e hīkoi ana i te magma i roto. E toru ki te iwa maero i raro i te mata o te Ao, ā, koia te mea e whakaohooho ana i ngā waiariki, i ngā puna e pupuhi ana, i ētahi atu mea whakaongaonga wera. He nui ake i te 2.5 ngā wā te nui o te Grand Canyon. Heoi, ehara i te mea nā aua rerenga nui o te magma i whakakiia ai te Grand Canyon e ngā kōhanga rehu e rua. Ko te nuinga o ō rātau kōhanga kōhatu he kōhatu tahumaero - engari he kōhatu mārō, he kōhua, he pēnei i te kōhatu, he mea whakakiia ki ngā pū o te kōhatu wai. Ano hoki, ko te kitenga kaore e kii he nui ake te magma i mua atu, e kii ana nga kaiputaiao. A ehara i te mea...
I whangangahia e te kaipūtaiao nga mano o nga ruu iti i Yellowstone hei tirotiro i te whenua i raro i a ia. I kitea e rātau he kohinga nui o te magma e whakakii ana i tētahi nui kua mōhiotia kētia e ngā pūtaiao. Ko ngā pakarutanga o mua o Yellowstone supervolcano ko ētahi o ngā pakarutanga nui rawa o te Ao.