Dossier
supervolcanoes
Coverage of supervolcanoes in the Nexus archive.
- 15 moments when the world almost ended — and what stopped it
The article lists 15 near-catastrophic events, including Cold War nuclear scares, asteroid airbursts, and supervolcanoes, highlighting how decisions, luck, and physics prevented global disaster.
- Yellowstone’s supervolcano may be fueled by something unexpected
Scientists have discovered that Yellowstone's supervolcano may be powered by a broad 'mantle wind' pushing hot rock beneath the surface, generating magma closer to the surface and creating a massive underground magma network. This challenges the previous theory of a deep plume from near Earth's core and explains the volcano's long-term activity.