In Alexandra Witze and Jeff Kanipe’s 2014 book, “Island on Fire: The Extraordinary Story of a Forgotten Volcano That Changed the World,” the devastating fate of Iceland amid the 1783 Laki volcanic ...
An enormous volcanic eruption on Iceland in 1783-84 did not cause an extreme summer heat wave in Europe. But, as Benjamin Franklin speculated, the eruption triggered an unusually cold winter, ...
When Iceland's Laki volcano erupted in 1783, its effects rippled around the world. Researchers have analyzed Alaskan tree rings to understand how climate responded in northwestern North America. The ...
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The volcano winter that nearly toppled Europe
Most people, if asked to name a volcanic eruption that changed history, reach for Krakatoa or Pompeii. The eruption of Laki in Iceland in 1783 belongs on that list, and by some measures it belongs at ...
On June 15 1783, Dr John Purcell went outside his house in Edinburgh, looked up at the clouds and wrote in his diary how dark and gloomy the sky was. The dark skies, he reported, continued for seven ...
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