What would happen if a supervolcano erupted? The massive explosion could trigger catastrophic climate changes, widespread ...

“But from a supervolcanic eruption perspective, I think as of now we are on the safe side.” From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered ...

But 2020 has come and gone, and though it featured more than its fair share of happenings, a Yellowstone supervolcanic eruption was, blessedly, not one of them. Fate, having observed the hubris of ...

When the eruption ends, the disaster will have only just started. Because for the next six months, much of that supervolcanic ash would linger in the stratosphere and block sunlight, causing ...

Evidence of flowing lava hardened into rock was found in Idaho several miles away from the site of an eight million year old supervolcano eruption at Yellowstone. Hardened Lava Flow From Ancient ...

"Its last eruption in 1538 led to the formation of a mountain," said Politico. "And a massive blowout 40,000 years ago cloaked much of eastern Europe with ash — with traces found as far away as ...

The Youngest Toba eruption was a supervolcanic eruption that occurred around 75,000 years ago at the site of present-day Lake Toba in Sumatra, Indonesia. It is one of the Earth's largest known ...

Alternatively, long durations that are absent of volcanism may be required to enlarge a silicic magmatic system to a magnitude that can produce supervolcanic eruptions. A key objective of my research ...