volcanic
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Escape is impossible: She’s in a fortress in a city on a volcanic mountain, surrounded by rivers of lava and perched high above the fields of flowers her mother once loved.
On the morning of the eruption itself, the volcanic rock cracked overhead while people continued to go about their business.
Using tools such as electron microscopy and cathodoluminescence, the researchers confirmed that these grains had been exposed to conditions far more extreme than those produced by volcanic activity or early human fires.
From Science Daily
Scientists link the catastrophe to intense greenhouse conditions, oxygen loss in the oceans, widespread acidification, and massive volcanic eruptions tied to the breakup of the ancient Pangaean supercontinent.
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According to the study's lead author, these variations are closely tied to Greenland's geological journey across a powerful volcanic region in the past.
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