Nature Geoscience
Environment
Why the Volcano Eruption in Santorini 1,300 Years Ago Is Ominous
An international team of scientists has discovered that a 726 AD eruption of the Santorini volcano was a lot bigger than initially estimated, suggesting explosive blasts can occur even in periods of relative quiet.
Published in the Nature Geoscience journal...
Archaeology
Dust From Asteroid Impact Caused Dinosaurs’ Extinction, Scientists Say
A new scientific report says that dinosaurs' extinction 66 million years ago was caused by the dust in the aftermath of the asteroid impact that reshaped life on Earth.
The cataclysmic impact in what is now Chicxulub on Mexico’s Yucatán...