Sonar scans of the Indian Ocean floor south of Christmas Island have revealed a Tolkeinesque landscape of towering peaks, ashen uplands and ominous volcanic craters.
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Geophysicists use sound waves to build a picture of the magma and rock beneath this active volcano, most of which is underwater. It’s like CT scanning the Earth.
The nine metre-high waves that smashed into Minoan civilisation on Crete weren’t caused by the volcano collapsing.
Deception is the premier tourist destination in the Antarctic. It’s also the volcano that scientists are still not sure why it’s there.
Ever heard of Campi Flegrei? It is a supervolcano in southern Italy. Literally translating as “fields of fire,” only the Yellowstone caldera in the United States has more potential to devastate. The Naples…
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