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Academic Evening, March 10, 2015
Ojos del Salado is a massive stratovolcano in the Andes on the Argentina–Chile border, in the Atacama Desert and the highest active volcano in the world (6,893 m). Despite the generally dry conditions, there is a permanent crater lake on the eastern side of the mountain.
This is most likely the highest lake of any kind in the world. A team of Hungarian researchers studied here the effects of climate change. Research leader, dr. Balázs Nagy, head of