Largest Volcano on Earth Lurks Beneath Pacific Ocean

Thursday, September 5, 2013 - 14:00 in Earth & Climate

The world's largest volcano lurks beneath the Pacific Ocean, researchers announced today in the journal Nature Geoscience. Called the Tamu Massif, the enormous mound dwarfs the previous record holder, Hawaii's Mauna Loa, and is only 25 percent smaller tha

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