Big Bada Boom! Simushir Island in the Kurils with the Zavaritskii caldera in the center. Source: NASA / Public Domain.

Mystery Volcano Behind Enormous 1831 Eruption Identified

Between the years of 1831 and 1833 the northern hemisphere was a lot cooler than it should have been. Scientists have long known that this significant and sudden cooling was caused by an enormous volcanic eruption in the year 1831, but the precise location of the volcano behind the climate change has long been a