Ancient Soviet Volcanoes Linked to Climate-Altering Eruption from Space

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Ancient Soviet Volcanoes Linked to Climate-Altering Eruption from Space
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Satellite images reveal four volcanoes on Simushir Island, part of the Kuril Islands, with one, Zavaritski, responsible for a major climate-altering eruption around 200 years ago, previously unknown to scientists, highlighting the region's volcanic activity within the Pacific Ring of Fire.

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