Supervolcano eruption - in Sumatra - deforested India 73,000 years ago

Tuesday, November 24, 2009 - 09:14 in Earth & Climate

A new study provides 'incontrovertible evidence' that the volcanic super-eruption of Toba on the island of Sumatra about 73,000 years ago deforested much of central India, some 3,000 miles from the epicentre, researchers report...

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