Supervolcano Forensics: unravelling the mysteries of the Earth’s biggest natural catastrophe

In this research article Professor Shanaka de Silva's research focuses on supervolcano eruptions to gain an understanding of supervolvanoes and protect us in the future.

To many, if not most, the word ‘forensics’ invokes images of the very small – DNA, fingerprints, etc., – but for Professor Shanaka de Silva and his colleagues at the College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences, Oregon State University, ‘forensics’ is being used to investigate something altogether bigger. The team is using a multidisciplinary approach to reveal the secrets […]

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