Nearly two centuries after a massive volcanic eruption cooled Earth’s climate, scientists have identified the source: the Zavaritskii volcano in the remote Kuril Islands. For almost 200 years, the source of a powerful 1831 volcanic eruption that cooled the Earth remained unknown. Zavaritskii’s eruption is now recognised as one of the most powerful of the 19th century.
Mystery volcano that cooled Earth in 1831 finally identified
