Scientists believe there is a one in six chance of a major volcanic eruption this century which could dramatically change the world's climate and put millions of lives in danger.When the Hunga Tonga–Hunga Ha'apai volcano erupted off the shore of in the South Pacific Ocean in January, the blast was so huge that tsunamis hit the shores of , North America and South America and Tonga itself suffered damage equating to almost a fifth of its entire GDP.But an of ice cores in Greenland and Antarctica by a team at the Niels Bohr Institute in Copenhagen found that a magnitude 7 volcanic eruption - which could be 10 to 100 times bigger than the one recorded in January - is a distinct possibility for this century.
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