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Something much weirder than a ‘supervolcano’ is brewing under New England

June 27, 2018

No, there isn’t a supervolcano brewing beneath New England, despite what some media outlets are saying. 

That said, something weird is going on about 100 miles below the lush New England ground.

Scientists have found a mass of warmer rock that appears to be welling upwards. This research, led by geophysicist Vadim Levin, appeared last year in the scientific journal Geology

“We never advocated it could lead to volcanism,” Levin, who performs research at Rutgers University–New Brunswick’s Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, said in an interview. Read more…

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Source: Mashable | Something much weirder than a ‘supervolcano’ is brewing under New England

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