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🔴 🌋 **Scientists finally solve mystery of giant volcano that almost wiped out the world**

Ryan McDougall

_“Scientists from the University of St Andrews say they have discovered the exact volcano that erupted in 1831, leading to a global cooling of approximately 1C._

_The team discovered it was the Zavaritskii volcano on the remote, uninhabited island of Simushir, which is part of the Kuril Islands – a disputed territory between Russia and Japan.”_

🔗 independent.co.uk/news/science.

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