Do you remember the sad story of Pompei that was destroyed by a dangerous volcano? Now imagine that several giant volcanoes begin to splash out an infinite amount of magma. It just doesn't end and covers an entire continent. This is a flood basalt. About 252 million years ago, in the northern part of our planet, a lot of magma accumulated under Earth's crust, and this disaster did happen. But can it happen again?

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