Why Volcanos Are Still Exist

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WE ARE ALL GOING TO DIE, THE LAVA IS GOING TO BURN ME ALIVE!! Not really, but I will tell you some things about how the earth works and how it shapes itself. In this essay I will be going over some facts of volcanos, how earth is shaped from natural causes, and how the earth changes over time, let’s start.

We know volcanos can erupt and are very dangerous when it erupts when were near it, but how many volcanos are active today? When we think of active we think of how many can explode right now, but really volcanos are erupting right now, about 20 right now states Tom Simkin and Lee Siebert of Global Volcanism Program. That might sound scary, but 50-70 volcanos erupt each year and each decade about 160. You might be saying, “That can’t be true,

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