The investigative minds at How to Survive reveal the geological warning signs and environmental shifts that often precede a ...

When massive volcanic eruptions occur, they inject millions of tons of sulfur dioxide into the stratosphere, where it forms sulfate aerosols that scatter incoming solar radiation and result in global ...

Not even the strongest microbes can survive volcanic eruptions, but they are capable of returning surprisingly quickly, according to a new study. Reading time 3 minutes Microbes have a penchant to ...

The Toba supereruption 74,000 years ago was so massive it may have plunged Earth into years of darkness and cold, leading some scientists to believe humanity nearly went extinct. Yet archaeological ...

A massive volcanic eruption can cool the planet within months. What happens next may take centuries. Currently, this potential consequence is a large part of current research being conducted on the ...

Understanding what triggers large volcanic eruptions is crucial for hazard assessment, but the exact mechanism driving these eruptions is still poorly understood. The prevailing theory is that ...

Those scientists saved countless lives, but their forecast was more of an educated guess than it might have appeared. It was nothing like a weather forecast; they couldn’t say that on June 12, an ...

Suggested Citation: "3 Forecasting Eruptions." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2017. Volcanic Eruptions and Their Repose, Unrest ...