Laki is Iceland's largest volcano. Its eruption in 1783 is one of history's great, untold natural disasters. Spewing out sun-blocking ash and then a poisonous fog for eight long months, the effects of the eruption lingered across the world for years. It caused the deaths of people as far away as the Nile and created catastrophic conditions throughout Europe.Island on Fire is the story not only of a single eruption but the people whose lives it changed, the dawn of modern volcanology, as well as the historyâand potentialâof other super-volcanoes like Laki around the world. And perhaps most pertinently, in the wake of the eruption of another Icelandic volcano, Eyjafjallajökull, which closed European air space in 2010, acclaimed science writers Witze and Kanipe look at what might transpire should Laki erupt again in our lifetime.
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Island on Fire
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Topic
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Science HistoryTable of contents
- Cover
- Title
- Contents
- Foreword to the American Edition
- Preface: Heimaey, 1973
- 1. Laki Erupts: June 1783
- 2. Land of Ice and Fire: The volcanoes of Iceland
- 3. Supervolcanoes: The worldâs hotspots
- 4. Fire, Famine and Death: The poisoning of Iceland
- 5. Horrible Phenomena: Europeâs âyear of wondersâ
- 6. The Big Chill: Lakiâs global fallout
- 7. Laki Today: Life in the mountainâs shadow
- 8. Death by Volcano: The many ways eruptions can kill
- 9. The Next Big Bang: How worried should we be?
- Epilogue: Return to Heimaey
- Endnotes
- Photo Credits
- Acknowledgements
- Index
- Copyright
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