You win some, you lose some. And when it comes to Mother Nature's wrath, you definitely lose a lot. We can't help it if super volcanoes erupt, nor can we try to stop earthquakes from happening. It's nature's course in action.

Take for example Thera. Some 3,600 years ago, Thera (near Greece) exploded in what was termed as the Bronze Era's "single, most famous Aegean event before the fall of Troy." And in the whole of human history, this volcanic eruption was coined as the second most powerful.

In examining the ocean floor of the Mediterranean, especially around the island crescent of Santorini, researchers are currently led to believe that Thera blasted out 60 cubic kilometers of magma out of its crater - that's half again as large as it was originally thought to have exploded.

The ash in itself would have plunged the whole area (around 300,000 square kilometers) in total darkness, and the tsunamis that followed would have devastated seaports and coastal areas lining the Mediterranean.

With this research, some scientists are now suggesting that the eruption could be connected with the decline of the Minoan people, an ancient, sea-faring civilization on Crete. Some even tried to link the eruption to the legendary disappearance of Atlantis.