‘Extinct’ Volcanoes May Not Be as Dead as We Thought

A new study proposes a slightly scary idea: what if “extinct” volcanoes aren’t actually extinct, but just waiting? Slowly building a magma stockpile over time so they can one day reawaken and explode with the fury they haven’t exhibited in centuries? That’s the conclusion of volcanologists at ETH Zurich in Switzerland, who published their findings […] The post ‘Extinct’ Volcanoes May Not Be as Dead as We Thought appeared first on VICE .

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