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If you were lucky 74,000 years ago, you would have survived the Toba supereruption, one of the largest catastrophic events that Earth has seen in the past 2.5 million years. While the volcano is located in what’s now Indonesia, living organisms across the entire globe were potentially affected. As an archaeologist who specializes in studying volcanic eruptions of the past, …

If you live around Naples, you know the ground breathes. Streets crack, the harbor silts up, steam curls from the earth, and swarms of small quakes rattle windows. All that action comes from Campi Flegrei, a wide “supervolcano” caldera that last erupted in 1538. For years, many scientists have read these signals as classic signs of magma on the move. …

A landmark on Pluto that was previously designated as an impact crater may actually be the caldera of a supervolcano that has exploded in the past few million years, new research suggests. When NASA’s New Horizons mission flew by Pluto in 2015, it revealed a geologically rich world, rather than the cold, dark landscape many had anticipated. Almost immediately, researchers …

Concerns about the Yellowstone National Park supervolcano erupting have not faded, despite scientific evidence suggesting such an event is unlikely in the near future. Recent research points to a possible future eruption that could reshape the planet’s climate and cause widespread destruction. Scientists continue to monitor the volcano’s activity, emphasising that while an eruption isn’t imminent, the potential consequences remain …

Barely a month goes by these days without the Yellowstone supervolcano hitting the headlines somewhere or other, and this one is no exception. It might be a swarm of Earth tremors or a minor steam-driven explosion that sets the hearts of news editors and disaster preppers racing. Or, on occasions like this, a new piece of research that sheds light …