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Deep In The Pacific, Scientists Discover Biggest Volcano On Earth
2013-09-06 20:11:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Public Radio: The world's largest volcano has until now been lurking undiscovered in the depths of the Pacific Ocean, according to a team of scientists who identified the massive object and reported their findings in the latest issue of Nature Geoscience. The newly revealed Tamu Massif volcano - located about 1,000 miles east of Japan and 4 miles below the ocean's surface - is about the size of New Mexico. It not only outclasses previous record holder Mauna Loa in Hawaii by about 60 times, but it's in the same...
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