This Cold War outpost concealed more than submarines—it hosted a devastating eruption that cooled the planet nearly 200 years ...

2. Zavaritski: The 1831 climate culprit also erupted in 1957. 3. Prevo: Towering at 4,460 feet (1,360 m), last active in 1825. 4. Uratman: Dormant for over 12,000 years and host to Soviet naval ...

Zavaritskii volcano in the Kuril Islands — a former Soviet nuclear submarine base — was responsible for the mysterious 1831 volcanic eruption that cooled the climate and turned the sun ...

The eruption at Zavaritskii volcano created a nearly two-mile-wide caldera with layers of red, black and white from previous eruptive deposits. Oleg Dirksen In the summer of 1831, an enormous ...

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.

Using new ice core techniques, scientists have concluded that the dark, chilly year of 1831 was due to the massive eruption of a volcano north of Japan. A climatic mystery about a year that gave ...

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 ...

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 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 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.

Zavaritskii volcano in the Kuril Islands was responsible for the mysterious 1831 volcanic eruption that cooled the climate and turned the sun different colors, a new study finds.