It seems like millions of years ago there were lots of really active volcanos. Why is that no longer the case?

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It seems like millions of years ago there were lots of really active volcanos. Why is that no longer the case?

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I wonder if you mean like the volcanic trap activity that was involved in mass extinction events in the past? I think there’s speculation that they could be linked to large impact events, which we haven’t had in a bit, so that could possibly be one reason.

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