Supervolcanoes
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Biggest Yellowstone Supervolcano Event a Double Eruption
Posted Wed May 2, 2012 01:19 PM ET | 0
The supervolcano that lies beneath Yellowstone National Park might have erupted less powerfully but more frequently than previously thought. Read more
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Ancient Yellowstone Eruptions Not from Supervolcano
Posted Wed Feb 15, 2012 02:42 PM ET | 0
Ancient giant eruptions in the Pacific Northwest may actually have been caused by the tearing of a titanic slab of rock and not the supervolcano underlying Yellowstone National Park. Read more
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Volcanic Blast's Devastation Confirmed by Pollen
Posted by Michael Reilly Mon Dec 7, 2009 04:03 AM ET | 0
A massive volcanic explosion in Indonesia rocked the planet 73,000 years ago, devastating populations of our ancestors. Read more
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Volcanoes Defrosted Ice Age
Posted by Michael Reilly Tue Oct 6, 2009 08:20 AM ET | 0
A little melting ice can touch off a firestorm.As ice sheets thawed toward the end of the last ice age, Earth responded with a fit of volcanic eruptions that spewed CO2 into the air and created the balmy climate we know today, according to a new... Read more
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Supervolcano Eruption Was Tough on Teeth : Discovery News
Posted Fri Jul 31, 2009 04:48 AM ET
If you've ever eaten a sandy batch of shellfish, you know the feeling: the terrible crunching and grinding that cracks through your jaw, making you question the wisdom of your choice of food. Read more
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Did Magnetic Field Failure Trigger Mass Extinction? : Discovery News
Posted Sat Dec 13, 2008 08:49 AM ET
Just before the Permian-Triassic mass extinction, Earth's magnetic field went haywire. Coincidence? Read more
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Discovery News : Discovery Channel
Posted Thu Feb 7, 2008 07:50 AM ET
Northern Nevada's fault-ridden landscape has sliced and diced the remains of a 33.8-million-year-old supervolcano. Read more
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Discovery News : Discovery Channel
Posted Thu Nov 8, 2007 10:22 AM ET
The basin-shaped volcanic caldera is rising by 2.8 inches a year, say geologists, but fear not: There are no signs of an impending eruption. Read more
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