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Underwater volcano near Greece is a sleeping menace

Magma chamber is discovered beneath Kolumbo volcano, near the Greek island of Santorini.
Underwater close-up of the active area of Kolumbo volcano

Superheated water rises from a mineral formation at Kolumbo, a submarine volcano in the Aegean Sea. Credit: SANTORY

A chamber of molten rock lurks beneath an underwater volcano off the coast of Greece. This discovery suggests the volcano, named Kolumbo, might be more likely to erupt than previously thought1.

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Nature 614, 11 (2023)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-023-00090-5

References

  1. Chrapkiewicz, K. et al. Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst. 23, e2022GC010475 (2022).

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