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The Mexican farmer probably thought it was just another crack in his cornfield. February 1943. Then the ground started belching smoke and within a year, Paricutin had grown into a 1,100-foot cinder cone
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Mud Volcanoes Are They Real Volcanoes
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The Awesome Power of Shield Volcanoes
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The Eruption That Halted Napoleons Army
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The Impact of Volcanoes on Human Evolution
Mount Toba nearly deleted us from the planetary roster about 74,000 years ago. The supervolcano in Indonesia detonated with such ferocity that it punched roughly 2,800 cubic kilometers of rock and ash
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