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The Supervolcano That Could End Humanity
A supervolcano is a volcano that can produce ... supervolcanic eruptions have left their mark on the planet. The eruption of Mount Toba in Indonesia around 74,000 years ago is considered one ...
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Humanity May Have Flourished After Supervolcano Eruption
The biggest volcanic eruption in the last 2 million years occurred some 74,000 years ago when Mount Toba, a supervolcano in Indonesia, blew its top, spewing massive volumes of rocks and ash across the ...
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One of the largest eruptions in Earth’s history could have wiped out humans. Here’s how scientists say some survived
About 74,000 years ago, Sumatra’s Mount Toba experienced a super-eruption ... events such as the hyper-explosion of the Toba volcano,” said Ludovic Slimak, a researcher at the French National ...
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What if all the world's supervolcanoes erupted at once
Narrator: In 1815, Mount Tambora erupted ... is home to at least one supervolcano. For example, there's Yellowstone in the US, Ngorongoro in Tanzania, and Toba in Indonesia. So, basically, no ...