When the Indonesian volcano Krakatau exploded in 1883, it blew so much dust and gas into the atmosphere that it turned sunsets red around the globe for months. Keepsakes of that debris have now turned up lodged inside the skeletal structure of coral off the Florida Keys, reports Elizabeth A. Merman of the University of South Florida in St.
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