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The big eruption affected the entire planet 74,000 years ago – archaeologists use volcanic glass to find out how people survive

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The big eruption affected the entire planet 74,000 years ago – archaeologists use volcanic glass to find out how people survive

If you were lucky 74,000 years ago, you would have survived Toba superruption, one of the biggest catastrophic events that the Earth has seen over the last 2.5 million years. Although the volcano is in present -day Indonesia, living organisms around the world have been influenced. As an archaeologist specialized in the study of past … Read more

Residents carry masks as volcanic ash blankets villages near the erupting Indonesian volcanoes

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Residents carry masks as volcanic ash blankets villages near the erupting Indonesian volcanoes

Maumer, Indonesia (AP). Residents wore masks to protect against thick volcanic ash, which were blankets and green rice fields in the villages of southern and central Indonesia, as Rumling Mountain Lewtobi Laki Laki erupted Tuesday on Tuesday on the second day. The eruption at Dawn sent Lava and ash clouds to 4 kilometers (2.4 miles) … Read more