NASA’s Plans for the Next Supervolcano

NASA has proposed plans to potentially shut down a supervolcano if it shows signs of an imminent eruption. New research from NASA and Columbia University suggests that the most powerful scale of eruption would likely not cause global devastation, despite the massive amount of material it would emit into the atmosphere. The study’s lead author, Zachary McGraw, explains that the relatively modest temperature changes found in the research could explain why no single super-eruption has produced evidence of global-scale catastrophe for humans or ecosystems.