An Overview of the Volcanism and Tectonics of Italy

Stromboli. Image courtesy ZME Science, Mihai Andrei, Apr 2019

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Real Risk or Fearmongering? PALINURO & MARSILI SEAMOUNTS (🇮🇹)

Bathymetry of the southern Tyrrhenian Sea. The inset shows a schematic representation of the tectonics affecting southern Italy. (from: M. Ligi et al., 2014)

On and off during recent years I caught some headlines about submarine volcanoes in Italy but never got round to read those studies. Since I came across some really Doom-&-Gloom-The-End-Is-Nigh videos I decided to have a closer look at these. And I’ll give the answer beforehand: Yes there is a real risk. And, yes, there is an awful amount of fearmongering.