Everyone Stop Freaking Out Over Italy's Supervolcano

The Solfatara of Pozzuoli is one of forty volcanoes that make up the Campi Flegrei.Getty Images Yellowstone used to be the favored target of media volcano panic, but now it looks like Italy's Campi Flegrei has taken that crown for itself. A recent study published in Nature Communications is the latest impetus for headlines like "Italian Supervolcano Might Be on the Verge of Exploding" or "European supervolcano Campi Flegrei 'could be close to devastating eruption" or "

Fears Italian supervolcano Campi Flegrei will blow after scientists spot magma swelling below Earth's crust."

These make it sound like we're in for a massive eruption that will forever change the global landscape. But when it comes down to the science of the Campi Flegrei, we aren't even close. Before I dive into the new study, let's talk a little bit about the Campi Flegrei. As I mentioned in my countdown of the ...