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Social media users are claiming that a viral video shows a recent underwater volcanic eruption near Tonga that sent ash, debris and tsunami waves across the Pacific. A 2-minute Facebook video shared ...

A new NASA climate simulation suggests that extremely large volcanic eruptions called “flood basalt eruptions” might significantly warm Earth’s climate and devastate the ozone layer that shields life ...

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