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1808/1809 mystery eruption

1808 CE · Oceania · Disaster

1808/1809 mystery eruption
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The 1808 mystery eruption is one or potentially multiple unidentified volcanic eruptions that resulted in a significant rise in stratospheric sulfur aerosols, leading to a period of global cooling analogous to the Year Without a Summer in 1816.

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