Author: Dr. Marcus Thornfield, Volcanologist and Geophysical Researcher
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Tenerife’s Teide volcano last erupted in 1909, which sounds reassuring until you realize it’s still classified as active. The thing looms over
In 2019, researchers at the University of Bristol strapped a $30,000 gas sensor to a quadcopter and flew it straight into the sulfurous plume rising from
Mount Pinatubo burped 42 million tons of sulfur dioxide into the stratosphere in 1991, and the planet cooled by half a degree Celsius for nearly two years. That’
Your dog doesn’t care about evacuation routes. Your cat has already decided that carrier you bought is a torture device. And somehow you’
On May 18, 1980, Mount St. Helens decided to rearrange the Pacific Northwest. The blast removed 1,314 feet from the summit, flattened 230 square miles