Europe’s most dangerous volcano manifests signs of ‘awakening’

Science Nilgun Salim
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Under the feet of millions of people, there is a supervolcano that began to show signs of awakening.

The supervolcano called ‘Campi Flegrei’ it has an area of about 13 km and is located in the Bay of Naples, in Italy.

Recent monitoring suggests that the massive volcano manifested a series of awakening symptoms in one of the largest volcanoes of Europe, according to Forbes magazine, the online edition.

An international team of geologists monitored the activity signs manifested by the crater and published the increased danger of an eruption that might take place on 20^th December. The study was published in the Nature Communications journal.

Campi Flegrei, which in Italian means “burning bush” was formed thousands of years ago and has erupted several times in the recent geological periods.

The initial eruption that occurred 200.000 years ago triggered a “volcanic winter” due to the massive amount of ash thrown into the atmosphere.

The volcano erupted again 40.000 years ago and 12.000 years respectively.

It is believed that the eruption from 40.000 years ago would have killed most of the Neanderthal hominids species in Europe and it was one of the greatest of all time.

In more recent times, Campi Flegrei erupted in 1538 eight consecutive days, raising a cloud of ash in Europe and leading to the formation of so-called Monte Nuovo.

However, it is possible that a rash to not occur in the next century, because it is impossible to achieve a true model of how these events occur.