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Scientists have re-analyzed geological records from the last 100,000 years and found that the average time between "super eruptions" from volcanoes, which produce over 1,000 gigatons of erupted mass, is much shorter than previously estimated - between 5,200 to 48,000 years rather than 45,000 to 714,000 years. This means super eruptions capable of ending civilization are more of a threat than previously believed, though the last one was 20-30,000 years ago so we have been slightly lucky so far to avoid anoth

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emezei
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