http://membercentral.aaas.org/blogs/scientia/year-without-summer

Pretty interesting article, sounds like 1816 would have had an even later ice out =)

quote tombo131: "http://membercentral.aaas.org/blogs/scientia/year-without-summer

Pretty interesting article, sounds like 1816 would have had an even later ice out =)"

Link a' linkity link

Studies are ongoing as to the effect eruptions outside the mid latitudes--- ie Iceland,Alaska etc. Tambora,Pinatubo etc. has been known for sometime to cause cool summer etc,,, but evidence is starting to mount that eruptions closer to the poles may play a stronger role in reducing the incoming solar radiation. Very interesting topic.

The scariest thought in this is that Yellowstone is overdue. The world is truly a fragile place, in human terms.

quote sunnybear09: "The world is truly a fragile place, in human terms."

Reminds me of one of my favorite Muir quotes:

“The world, we are told, was made especially for man — a presumption not supported by all the facts.”
- John Muir (1838-1914)

+1 Muir was a wise man.

Another interesting connection is the relationship between earthquakes and lava flows. It is not uncommon for an earthquake in South America to interrupt the lava flow on the Big Island of Hawaii.

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quote arctic: "+1 Muir was a wise man."

+2 Wish we had more like John Muir today.

This is very interesting stuff. Thanks all for posting.

I remember something about the volcanic island of Krakatoa erupting and actually exploding, and the ash causing another "year without a summer" in the northern plains of the U.S. About 1887?