# Supervolcanoes & Volcanic Winter

Describe calderas such as Yellowstone and Toba as supervolcanoes capable of erupting thousands of cubic kilometres of ash; explain how sulphur dioxide aerosols in the stratosphere scatter sunlight and cause volcanic winter; discuss the Toba catastrophe theory and how giant eruptions have interacted with ice ages; contrast supervolcano eruptions with ordinary eruptions in scale and climate impact

Builds on: Hazard Assessment & Evacuation (hard, https://ai.page/c/hazard-assessment-and-evacuation/en.md), Seismic Waves & Earth's Interior (hard, https://ai.page/c/seismic-waves-and-earth-s-interior/en.md), Monitoring Volcanoes (hard, https://ai.page/c/monitoring-volcanoes/en.md)

Concept id: supervolcanoes-and-volcanic-winter. Subject: science. Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0.

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