Sentences with phrase «super volcano»
A "super volcano" is an incredibly large volcano that has the potential to cause massive eruptions, which can affect the climate and cause major damage. Full definition
Add this to the fact that you're actually in the crater of what was once one of the world's largest super volcanoes and it's almost difficult to take it all in.
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Back in the lab, Smith and UNLV post-doctoral fellow Racheal Johnsen, graduate student Amber Ciravolo, and undergraduate Shelby Fitch studied samples of the glass to trace it to the Toba super volcano.
Tamino has posted two examinations of the «volcanoes emit more CO2 than humans» argument by looking at the impact of the 1991 Pinutabo eruption on CO2 levels and the impact of past super volcanoes on the CO2 record.
Tamino has posted two examinations of the «volcanoes emit more CO2 than humans» argument by looking at the impact of the 1991 Pinutabo eruption on CO2 levels and the impact of past super volcanoes on the CO2 record.
And just how do you quantify something like the Yellowstone super volcano?
The conclusions reached by Smith and Arizona State University archeologist Curtis Marean counter previously held beliefs that the eruption of an Indonesian super volcano — called Mount Toba — and the resulting «winter» of ash and smoke spread thousands of miles, destroyed plants, killed animals, and nearly wiped out humans.
Smith and a graduate student went to South Africa and collected samples from the Pinnacle Point archaeological site looking for evidence of the Toba super volcano.
Computer models have helped researchers simulate the conditions beneath Yellowstone, North America's largest super volcano, allowing them to discover a zone that controls the movement of magma that flows out from the Earth's mantle during an eruption.
Will we all be killed by the eruption of a «super volcano» in Yellowstone National Park?
Geoscientists were interested in finding out: How can the gigantic amounts of eruptible material required to form such a super volcano accumulate in the Earth's crust.
Other high energy events include a super volcano (on the order of Toba, which occured 74 thousand years ago), an extended excursion in the energy output of the Sun greater that 1 - 2 %, or a gamma ray burst in our sector of the Galaxy.
The greatest concern is for the Yellowstone National Park's super volcano that also recently took a deep «breath» causing miles of ground to rise dramatically.
Meteor collisions, alien invasions, super volcanoes, nuclear winter, and global warming all provide great material for mass entertainment and breathless news reporting.
Of course the Younger Dryas could have been an impact event or a super volcano in the right spot, but they aren't required, just gravity and snow accumulation.