Tag: super volcano

Isle of Rum used to be a ‘supervolcano’ – say researchers

Guest - January 9, 2014

A SUPERVOLCANO more than twice the height of Ben Nevis once towered over the Inner Hebrides, according to researchers. New 3D mapping technology has revealed...

New ‘rock clock’ research reveals Yellowstone more active than previously thought

Guest - April 30, 2012

A VOLCANIC super-eruption in America’s Yellowstone National Park two million years ago was actually two smaller eruptions 6,000 years apart, new research has revealed. Scientists...