Clues from a Giant Volcanic Eruption Exist Beneath Naples
Dwelling beneath Naples, Campi Flegrei is less famous than Mount Vesuvius. But, by looking at its pyroclastic flows beneath the city, scientists suspect this volcano could be exponentially more powerful.
The size of Campei Flegrei's 15,000-year-old caldera suggests it was created by an incredibly powerful eruption. To investigate whether the slumbering volcano sounds a warning for Naples, which sits above it, one volcanologist takes a look at Campi Flegrei's pyroclastic flows beneath the city.
