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Published online 19 January 2004 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news040112-17
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Volcanic impact not so chilling
Super-eruptions might not be as environmentally devastating as we thought.
Immense volcanic eruptions are not necessarily triggers for catastrophic global cooling, say researchers in China and the United States. Super-eruptions are predicted to occur roughly once every 50,000 years, so these findings are relatively reassuring.
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