Did a volcanic eruption nearly wipe out modern humans - some 74 thousand years ago? The jury is out - but it doesn't mean that the eruption itself didn't have global impacts. Find out more about this and other super-eruptions - the geology behind them and their relationship to the "Ring of Fire". This film compares the cataclysmic eruption of #Toba with #Pinatubo and #Tambora. It's one of a sequence that accompanies season four of the BBC's "Race Across the World. #geology #sumatra #supervolcano #tectonics #ratw #ytt
6 сен 2024