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Why Toba Matters

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Sumatra and Toba overview

Sixty-two-mile-long Lake Toba, seen in the center of this satellite image, was created by the largest explosive volcanic eruption of the past 100,000 years—an eruption whose aftermath holds important clues for us today about rapid climate change, Drew Shindell says.


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