Upwards and backwards

October 18, 1996

(Photograph) - Dr Bill Barnes of Exeter University, seen here in Kitley Caves, Devon, is using laser analysis of stalagmites to map historic weather patterns. His team have found evidence of the Hekla volcanic eruption on Iceland in 1135 bc from a stalagmite found in Sunderland.

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