Terrible (July 27) Yellowstone supervolcano rocked by 445 earthquakes and 800,000 lava to hit the US

YELLOWSTONE is experiencing its warmest period in thousands of years and the outlook for the park's future looks equally grim, a recently published climate assessment has warned.

Yellowstone National Park, home to the world-famous Yellowstone volcano, is standing on the brink of a fiery inferno. But not one caused by the eruption of its volcanic caldera, but rather one caused by the devastating effects of global warming. According to a recently-published Greater Yellowstone Climate Assessment (GYCA), a report on the state of climate change in the park, Yellowstone is experiencing some of the highest temperatures in human history.

In a worrying state of affairs, temperatures across the park are presently as high or even higher than at any point in the last 20,000 years. Even more alarmingly, the park appears to be going through its warmest period in 800,000 years. Temperature data collected since the 1950s shows average temperatures in the park have risen by about 1.2C (2.3F).