"Summary: super volcanoes can go from dormant to erupting in a human lifetime; previous estimates were it took much longer." This sounds very much like the beg

"Summary: super volcanoes can go from dormant to erupting in a human lifetime; previous estimates were it took much longer." This sounds very much like the beginning pages of seveneves[1] by Neal Stephenson. It's a novel about what happens to people when an unexpected deadline is imposed upon them. Highly recommended. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seveneves https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seveneves