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• The Laacher See volcano erupted 126 years earlier than previously assumed, 13,077 years ago.
• This new dating provides decisive insights into climate fluctuations at the end of the last ice age.

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• Laacher See, is a volcanic caldera lake with a diameter of 2 km in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
• It is in the Eifel mountain range, and is part of the East Eifel volcanic field within the larger Volcanic Eifel.

https://www.wsl.ch/en/news/2021/06/eruption-of-the-laacher-see-volcano-redated.html

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