Supervolcano Rained Acid on Both Poles—But Wasn't So Bad After All?

Wednesday, November 7, 2012 - 20:30 in Paleontology & Archaeology

The eruption was 5,000 times larger than Mount St. Helens's 1980 blast, but evidence suggests its fallout was just shy of apocalyptic.

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