I take it where I left it in my last post. Using volcanic signals (mainly sulfate spikes) in the Greenland and Antarctica ice cores, I listed the most powerful explosive eruptions between the years 1500 and 1900: Largest explosive eruptions, from 1900 to 1500 AD. Many of these eruptions have written records, so it was…
Here is the story of the beginning, when there was not one bird, not one fish, not one mountain. Here is the sky, all alone. Here is the sea, all alone. There is nothing more –no sound, no movement. Only the sky and the sea. Only Heart-of-Sky, alone. And these are his names: Maker and…
Volcanoes are frightening. They can dramatically alter the local landscape, and change people’s live – normally for the worse. The best place to be is far away. But large eruptions can have wider impacts. The ash can cover regions a continent away, and sulphate aerosols can spread at high altitude around the world. The sulphate…