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Greek volcano reawakens

Potential eruption wouldn’t be anything like Santorini’s storied Bronze Age blowout

By Alexandra Witze

- More than 2 years ago

The Greek islands of Santorini, site of one of history’s most colossal volcanic eruptions, are rumbling again.

Precise measurements of the landscape at Santorini, Greece, using GPS stations (foreground) reveal that the volcano is slowly inflating, a possible precursor to an eruption.