A book written by a revered Italian geologist Mario Tozzi explains what could happen if it exploded this year.
Tozzi's Pianeta Terra Ultimo Atto – which translates to Planet Earth, The Last Act – suggests the volcanic caldera may awaken in 2016 and have disastrous consequences for the rest of the globe.
The author's book – set in 2019 – covers a scenario after the super volcano erupts between now and the end of the year.
Tozzi envisages the volcano exploding and covering the United States – and potentially leading to catastrophic disaster around the world.
It may stand thousands of miles away from us in the UK but a natural disaster on this scale will have potential apocalyptic consequences for humanity.
It predicts a temperature change in the years following, leading to a reduction of polar ice caps and a rise in sea level – submerging Venice, New York and London.
The El Nino weather phenomenon will be intensified as a result and water will become a scarce commodity.
It was already warned the rising temperatures around the world could have a devastating effect on global warming.
This comes as 2016 is set to be the hottest year in history.
Tozzi urges people not to dismiss his theory as a science fiction scenario and has urged the world to "wake up" to a potential imminent threat.
His book warns a Yellowstone eruption will send a million cubic metres of ask into the atmosphere – ushering the beginning of a slow death leading to the end of plant and animal life.
Speaking about this theory, Tozzi said: "It's just what science promises as our future.
"Energy, food, water quantity – sooner or later they will end.
“We are speaking of a waiting Godzilla underneath Yellowstone that if it erupts it will be a maximum eruption”Dr Michio Kaku
"But we prefer to ignore it, because we have no sense of limits. We get bored.
"It frightens us."
Last year a document called Geohazards: Reducing the Disaster and Increasing Resilience was issued by the European Science Foundation, warning mankind faces a 10% chance of an eruption killing millions.
It warns super volcanos are a more dangerous threat to Earth than asteroids and warns any of the three most dangerous, active volcanos – Mount Vesuvius in Campagnia, Italia, Popocatépetl in Mexico City, and Yellowstone – could erupt at any time.
There were fears last year the Yellowstone volcano, in Wyoming, could be about to erupt after evacuations of communities living near the epicentre.
Researchers at the University of Utah claim if the "big one" went off, it would have worse effects than a nuclear winter.
Famed physicist Dr Micio Kaku warned an eruption at Yellowstone would "tear the guts out of the United States".
He said a major eruption like this would be classed as a Category 8 – and the last one to happen was 2.1million years ago.
But a smaller – but devastating – Category 7 happen once every 1,000 years.
He said: "Forget the image of Yogi Bear representing Yellowstone. We are speaking of a waiting Godzilla underneath Yellowstone that if it erupts it will be a maximum eruption – Category 8.
"It would literally tear the guts out of the United States of America. We would only have 30 states in the union."
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Dr Kaku said there was a scare three years ago after scientists realised the lava hotspot below the volcano was twice as big as originally thought.
He said Vesuvius, Popocatépetl and Yellowstone could all erupt this century.
Worryingly the Popocatépetl threatened to explode late last month as 40,000 people were evacuated away from the area.
The volcano spewed out a mile-high plume of ash into the sky.