🔴 🌋 **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.”_
🔗 https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/simushir-volcano-mystery-1831-study-b2671705.html.