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Explore how volcanic sulfate aerosols triggered the Year Without a Summer and what ice cores reveal about predicting the next major global cooling event.

Discover how a two-million-year volcanic eruption in Siberia poisoned the atmosphere, wiped out 96% of marine life, and what it means for climate today.

Advanced stratigraphy methods now use direct dating and AI to map Earth's history, from Iron Age Jerusalem seeds to ancient sandstorms on Mars.

New research reveals Greenland's Prudhoe Dome vanished 7,000 years ago. This historical ice loss suggests high-elevation sectors are very fragile.