Possible magmatic CO2 influence on the Laacher See eruption date

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Baldini, J.U.L., Brown, R.J., Wadsworth, F.B. et al. Possible magmatic CO2 influence on the Laacher See eruption date. Nature 619, E1–E2 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-023-05965-1
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