After analysing a database of geological records dated within the last 100,000 years, a team of scientists from the University of Bristol has discovered the average time between so-called volcanic super-eruptions is actually much less than previously thought.
After analysing a database of geological records dated within the last 100,000 years, a team of scientists from the University of Bristol has discovered the average time between so-called volcanic super-eruptions is actually much less than previously thought.
Volcanoes and bolides, such as asteroids, are geohazards powerful enough to be destructive on a global scale.
One recent assessment described them as capable of returning humanity to a pre-civilization state.
The largest explosive eruptions are termed 'super-eruptions', and produce in excess of 1,000 gigatons of erupted mass, enough to blanket an entire continent with volcanic ash, and change global weather patterns for decades.
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Image: The Toba caldera was the site of a massive super-eruption 75,000 years ago. (Credit: NASA/METI/AIST/Japan Space Systems, and U.S./Japan ASTER Science Team)
