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Volcanoes erupting around the world

Eruptions such as this, in Iceland in 2010, pumped planet-cooling aerosols into Earth's atmosphere, and may have helped slow global warming, a study suggests.

Eruptions such as this, in Iceland in 2010, pumped planet-cooling aerosols into Earth’s atmosphere, and may have helped slow global warming, a study suggests.  (Brynjar Gauti / Associated Press)

An unusual number of volcanoes have erupted since 1998. Here’s how some of them looked from space.

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