Lithium has become an even greater focal point in discussions about renewable energy and electric vehicles, and the US could ...

A renewed geological assessment of the ancient McDermitt Caldera on the Oregon-Nevada border has confirmed the site holds ...

A supervolcanic eruption could have catastrophic effects on our world. The initial explosion would release volcanic ash and gases high into the stratosphere, blocking sunlight and causing ...

“But from a supervolcanic eruption perspective, I think as of now we are on the safe side.” From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered ...

While supervolcanoes aren’t an official classification, supervolcanic explosions are real and have global effects. Super eruptions have notably occurred at the Yellowstone volcanic system as ...

When the eruption ends, the disaster will have only just started. Because for the next six months, much of that supervolcanic ash would linger in the stratosphere and block sunlight, causing ...

Alternatively, long durations that are absent of volcanism may be required to enlarge a silicic magmatic system to a magnitude that can produce supervolcanic eruptions. A key objective of my research ...

"Its last eruption in 1538 led to the formation of a mountain," said Politico. "And a massive blowout 40,000 years ago cloaked much of eastern Europe with ash — with traces found as far away as ...