The Lake Toba Supervolcano: Humanity's Extinction Event

Описание: In case 2020 hasn't provided you with enough evidence that all human civilization could definitely be wiped out by one calamitous event, then here's a profile on a known supervolcano in Sumatra that has already annihilated the Earth as we know it once in human history.

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Source/Further reading:

National Geographic: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/sc...

Did Toba have much affect? https://www.theatlantic.com/science/a...

Ars Technica: https://arstechnica.com/science/2018/...

Comparing notable eruptions: https://geology.com/stories/13/volcan...

NYT Supervolcanoes: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/12/sc...

Podcast on Toba eruption: https://podtail.com/en/podcast/natura...

Human arrival in Sumatra: https://www.discovermagazine.com/plan...

Toba deforestation: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science...

Acid rain at Poles: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/ne...

BBC, modern impact of supervolcano: https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20...

NASA’s plan to save us all from a supervolcano: https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20...

Tambora Eruption: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/histor...

Tambora: https://www.wired.com/2015/04/tambora...

Krakatoa: http://nautil.us/blog/the-sound-so-lo...

Yellowstone: https://www.usgs.gov/volcanoes/yellow...