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Is it true: Yellowstone Supervolcano Cover-Up?

Unsubstantiated82% confidence

There's no solid evidence for it.

Unsubstantiated. USGS Yellowstone Volcano Observatory publishes real-time monitoring data publicly. The "overdue" eruption framing misapplies geological statistics. Viral claims about hidden seismic data and fleeing wildlife have each been addressed by the YVO and independent seismologists.

The claim

Claims that the US government or USGS is concealing evidence of an imminent Yellowstone supervolcano eruption that would devastate North America, or that seismic and geothermal data are being misrepre

Key evidence

Yellowstone is a real and active supervolcano

USGS YVO publishes real-time monitoring data publicly

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