Tuesday, May 6, 2014

You think we've got climate change?

Volcano 1. Magma chamber 2. Bedrock 3. Conduit...
Volcano 1. Magma chamber 2. Bedrock 3. Conduit (pipe) 4. Base 5. Sill 6. Branch pipe 7. Layers of ash emitted by the volcano 8. Flank 9. Layers of lava emitted by the volcano 10. Throat 11. Parasitic cone 12. Lava flow 13. Vent 14. Crater 15. Ash cloud (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
This article recounts the events of 1815, when a volcanic eruption of epic proportions robbed the world of summer and caused all kinds of weird and wild events.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/05/05/the-volcano-that-rewrote-history.html
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