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1-in-6 Odds: The Disaster We're Barely Preparing for Could Starve Billions
If we were told there is a 1-in-6 chance a giant asteroid will hit Earth in the next 100 years, humanity would likely invest considerable money trying to prevent the disaster. But according to Cambridge University researchers, there is another natural threat with similar odds of catastrophic consequences and we are barely preparing for it. It involves a magnitude-7 volcanic eruption on the Volcanic Explosivity Index
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If we were told there is a 1-in-6 chance a giant asteroid will hit Earth in the next 100 years, humanity would likely invest considerable money trying to prevent the disaster. But according to Cambridge University researchers, there is another natural threat with similar odds of catastrophic consequences and we are barely preparing for it. It involves a magnitude-7 volcanic eruption on the Volcanic Explosivity Index
