Tag: volcanic
On the trail of one of the world’s largest explosive volcanic eruptions
A study of volcanic deposits in Danish sediments recently showed that a gigantic explosive eruption took place 55 million years ago in the middle of the North Atlantic, propelling a…
A volcanic fertilization of the oceans would have led to one of the largest mass extinctions
Scientists at the University of Southampton studied the effects of volcanic materials on ocean chemistry at the end of the Ordovician, around 450 million years ago, in an attempt to…