Supervolcano eruption -- in Sumatra -- deforested India 73,000 years ago
Monday, November 23, 2009 - 15:21
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 epicenter, researchers report.