[Redbob]

"The event released as much energy as fifteen one-megaton atomic bombs."

Or one fifteen megaton bomb?

What kind of doofus wrote this piece of drivel?

[jjmcgo]

The same doofus who wrote:
"the most potent greenhouse gas is water, explains Shaidurov"
It's probably a good guess that the scientist DIDN'T say the most potent greenhouse gas is a liquid.