Illustration indicating the size of the lava flows relative to Berlin, the host city for the Europlanet Science Congress (EPSC) 2024. Credit must be given to the creator. Only noncommercial uses of ...
It measures 310,000 square kilometres (119,000 square miles) and its ‘roots’ extend around 30 kilometres (18 miles) into the Earth’s crust. (For comparison, the US state of Washington is 184,661 ...