A Mist Connection: An Environmental History of the Laki Eruption of 1783 and Its Legacy
Katrin Kleemann, "A Mist Connection: An Environmental History of the Laki Eruption of 1783 and Its Legacy "
English | ISBN: 3110737175 | 2023 | 350 pages | EPUB, PDF | 25 MB + 9 MB
English | ISBN: 3110737175 | 2023 | 350 pages | EPUB, PDF | 25 MB + 9 MB
In the summer of 1783, an unusual dry fog descended upon large parts of the northern hemisphere. The fog brought with it bloodred sunsets, a foul sulfuric odor, and a host of other peculiar weather events. Inspired by the Enlightenment, many naturalists attempted to find reasonable explanations for these occurrences.
Between 8 June 1783 and 7 February 1784, a 27-kilometer-long fissure volcano erupted in the Icelandic highlands. It produced the largest volume of lava released by any volcanic eruption on planet Earth in the last millennium. In Iceland, the eruption led to the death of one-fifth of the population. The jetstream carried its volcanic gases further afield to Europe and beyond, where they settled as a fog, the origin of which puzzled naturalists and laypersons.
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