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While they weren’t living through a pandemic, citizens of ancient Pompeii weren’t strangers to societal stress.
Research into the bodies of victims of the Vesuvius eruption show how pyroclastic flows affect the human body.
Words are as important as pictures for helping us come to terms with such a huge cultural loss.
Fountains of lava from Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano are dramatic, but the most deadly impacts of volcanic eruptions are toxic gases and ash and mud flows.
The clock is ticking.
Ever heard of Campi Flegrei? It is a supervolcano in southern Italy. Literally translating as “fields of fire,” only the Yellowstone caldera in the United States has more potential to devastate. The Naples…
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