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‘Mystery volcano’ that erupted and cooled Earth in 1831 has finally been identified | CNN

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Eruption in 1831 cooled Earth ’s climate by 1.8 degrees Fahrenheit .

The eruption was one of the most powerful of the 19th century .

It took place during the last gasp of the Little Ice Age , one of coldest periods on Earth in the past 10,000 years .

Researchers studied ice cores in Greenland to find the source of the 1831 eruption.

The 1808/1809 eruption marked the waning of the Little Ice Age , a climate anomaly that lasted from the early 1400s to around 1850 .

After the 1831 eruption, cooler and drier conditions emerged in the Northern Hemisphere .

Reports of widespread hunger and hardship swiftly followed, with famines sweeping across India , Japan and Europe .

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