Distant Volcanoes Collapsed Dozens of Empires

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Volcanoes, climate change, and Chinese history may seem like three phrases spit out of a random word generator, but the three things are more inherently linked than one may assume.

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The Link Between Volcanoes, Climate, and Chinese History