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Not one, but two super eruptions formed the colossal Yellowstone caldera

October 27, 2017/

According to new research, the colossal caldera of the Yellowstone supervolcano was created by not one, but two powerful and closely spaced eruptions that took place some 630,000 years ago. The super eruptions were powerful enough to affect the global climate as the planet was recovering from an ice age.

Anthony Wood

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