An epidemic threatening Europe, traces of sulfur in Greenlandic ice and a mystery lake at the end of the world. What has a single volcano to do with it? A lot! Reconstructing catastrophes from the past, “The Power of Volcanos” makes it clear: Volcanoes might be sleeping giants. But they can wake up quicker than you think. And though, scientists know much more about seismic processes today than in the past, they still haven’t made a crucial breakthrough when it comes to predicting the next eruption.
