calderas
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Alaska May Be Hiding a Huge Volcanic System
As if we needed more upsetting right news right now, geologists have reason to suspect that a cluster of Alaskan islands is actually part of an interconnected volcanic system of the same kind seen at Yellowstone National Park.
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Scientists Just Discovered Something Extraordinary About Iceland’s Huge Volcano Eruption
Two years ago, Iceland’s Bardarbunga volcano erupted — and it kept erupting for the next 181 days, forming the largest volcanic depression ever seen. New research reveals the extraordinary processes that transpired beneath the surface, including the formation of a magma-filled canal that measured a whopping 45km long.