Chances of major volcanic eruption much higher than previously thought: CSER
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Chances of major volcanic eruption much higher than previously thought: CSER

Martha Muir
18 August 2022
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Karo, North Sumatra, Indonesia. 25th May, 2017. A resident watched as Sinabung volcano spews rolling thick volcanic ash into the air, as seen from Tiga Pancur village on May 25, 2017, North Sumatra province, Indonesia. The activity of Mount Sinabung with

The probability of a major volcanic eruption is much higher than previously thought, while levels of preparedness are low, new research from the University of Cambridge’s Centre for the Study of Existential Risk (CSER) showed.

The researchers claimed the chances of a volcanic eruption of magnitude 7 or higher striking this century is one in six, in a paper published in science journal Nature.

This

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