The 1831 eruption occurred at Zavaritskii volcano on Simushir Island. The explosion generated a 1.87-mile-wide caldera, revealing red, black and white layers made up of past eruptive deposits.

The 1831 “mystery eruption” that caused global cooling and famines has been traced to the Zavaritskii volcano on Simushir Island in the Kuril Islands. Researchers matched ash in polar ice cores to the ...

The location of a giant volcanic eruption in 1831 has eluded scientists for nearly 200 years, but now they have solved the mystery. The Zavaritskii volcano on Simushir Island in the Kuril Islands ...

THE location of a mystery volcano that caused “devastating famines” nearly 200 years ago has finally been found, scientists say. A massive eruption that took place in 1831 flooded the a… ...

Scientists have solved the 200-year-old mystery of the location of a massive volcanic eruption that spewed such a large volume of gases that it blocked sunlight, making the sun appear blue.. The ...

The 1831 eruption occurred at Zavaritskii volcano on Simushir Island. The explosion generated a 1.87-mile-wide caldera, revealing red, black and white layers made up of past eruptive deposits.

Scientists finally locate volcano that once erupted so powerfully it turned sun blue. The 1831 eruption caused global cooling of about 1C that triggered crop failures and famines worldwide ...

Scientists have identified the "mystery volcano" that cooled Earth's climate, nearly 200 years after its eruption in 1831.The report which was published in the journal 'Proceedings of the National ...

(CNN) — An unknown volcano erupted so explosively in 1831 that it cooled Earth’s climate. Now, nearly 200 years later, scientists have identified the “mystery volcano.” The eruption was ...