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Could the erupting supervolcano known as Campi Flegrei be responsible for the extinction of Neanderthals and Denisovans? In this video, we explore the plausibility of the Great Campanian Ignimbrite ...
Mount Etna erupted on Monday on the Italian island of Sicily, spewing ash and lava into the air, Italy's volcano monitoring ...
Following a number of powerful earthquakes at Campi Flegrei in Italy, scientists are alarmed that a major eruption could be ...
It’s one of the world’s largest supervolcanoes, and recent work out of the University of New Mexico led to a breakthrough ...
A long-dormant "supervolcano" in southern Italy is inching closer to a possible eruption — nearly six centuries after it last erupted, according to European researchers. The Campi Flegrei ...
The supervolcano last had a major eruption about 630,000 years ago, Till added. Prior to that, the last major eruption was 1.3 million years ago, per a report from ZME Science .
The curiosity of human beings, and especially scientists, to know more about everything around us drives discoveries and findings that, in some cases, are very shocking. This is wh ...
Yellowstone is a focal point for supervolcano research. The Yellowstone Volcano Observatory (YVO), managed by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), continuously monitors the region. Researchers ...
Here’s how it works. Few volcanoes on Earth boast the fantastical title of "supervolcano," but what makes these uber volcanoes so super, and is the superlative always justified? It very much ...
Scientists are tracking changes at the giant supervolcano that lies under Yellowstone National Park, but they say there's no need to worry at the moment. “The western part of the Yellowstone ...
Here’s how it works. The amount of melted rock beneath Yellowstone's supervolcano is far higher than previous estimates, a new study has found. While researchers say there is no sign of an ...
The Yellowstone supervolcano in the Western US contains substantially more magma than scientists previously thought, according to a new study that may lead to a better assessment of the volcano ...