74,000 Years Ago, One of Earth’s Largest Supervolcanoes Erupted. How Did We Survive?

Cryptotephra reveals Toba’s vast fallout while sites record human innovation instead of collapse. These patterns guide ...

One of the world's most active volcanoes erupts again in Hawaii

Footage from Mount Kilauea, on Hawaii's Big Island, showed fountains of lava being spraying 300 metres into the air. Find out ...
Astronomy

Olympus Mons: Mars’ mega volcano

Olympus Mons, a shield volcano on Mars, is the largest volcano in the solar system, measuring approximately 370 miles in diameter and 26 kilometers in height. The formation of Olympus Mons and three ...

How humans almost vanished from Earth in 70,000 BCE due to volcanic winter and population collapse

Around 70,000 years ago, Homo sapiens faced near extinction due to the Toba supervolcano eruption, which triggered a volcanic winter and severe food s ...
Astronomy

Olympus Mons: Mars’ mega volcano

Young Mars would have been a staggering place to explore. The Red Planet was covered in flowing rivers of both water and lava. At the time, a series of four volcanoes — Olympus Mons and the three ...