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Island on Fire: The Extraordinary Story of a Forgotten Volcano That Changed the World
Contributor(s): Witze, Alexandra (Author), Kanipe, Jeff (Author), Lescault, John (Read by)

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ISBN: 1982586788     ISBN-13: 9781982586782
Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
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Binding Type: Compact Disc - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: June 2019
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BISAC Categories:
- Science | Earth Sciences - Seismology & Volcanism
- Nature | Earthquakes & Volcanoes
- Nature | Natural Disasters
Dewey: 551.21
Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.8" W x 5.6" L (0.30 lbs)
Themes:
- Chronological Period - 18th Century
- Cultural Region - Scandinavian
Features: Price on Product, Unabridged
 
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Publisher Description:

Can a single explosion change the course of history? An eruption at the end of the eighteenth century led to years of climate change while igniting famine, disease, and even perhaps revolution.

Laki is Iceland's largest volcano--and its most fearsome. 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 history―and potential―of other super-volcanoes like Laki around the world. And perhaps most pertinently, in the wake of the eruption of another Icelandic volcano, Eyjafjallaj kull, 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.


Contributor Bio(s): Witze, Alexandra: -

Alexandra Witze is an award-winning science journalist and correspondent for the journal Nature. Her reporting has taken her from the North Pole to report on climate change to the jungles of Guatemala to cover Maya archaeology and to China's quake-ravaged Sichuan province. Island on Fire is her first book.

Kanipe, Jeff: -

Jeff Kanipe is an experienced science writer and the author of a number of books on astronomy including Chasing Hubble's Shadows and The Cosmic Connection. He has an asteroid, 84447 Jeffkanipe, named after him.

Lescault, John: -

Patrick Cullen (a.k.a. John Lescault), a native of Massachusetts, is a graduate of the Catholic University of America. He lives in Washington, DC, where he works in theater.


 
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