Volcanoes in Human History

The Far-Reaching Effects of Major Eruptions

von Donald Theodore Sanders, Jelle Zeilinga De Boer

320 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

The classic account of how volcanism has shaped human culture and science, from the Bronze Age eruption that destroyed Minoan Crete to Mount St. HelensWhen the volcano Tambora erupted in Indonesia in 1815, as many as one hundred thousand people perished from the blast and ensuing famine. Gases and dust particles ejected into the atmosphere changed weather patterns around the world, resulting in the infamous “year without a summer” in North America, food riots in Europe, and a widespread cholera epidemic. And the gloomy weather inspired Mary Shelley to write the gothic novel Frankenstein. This panoramic book tells the story of nine such epic volcanic events, explaining the related geology and exploring the myriad ways our planet’s volcanism has affected human history.

• Reihe: Princeton Science Library
• Themen: Geowissenschaften, Geographie, Umwelt, Planung Geowissenschaften Vulkanologie und Seismologie
• ISBN: 9780691279909
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 07.10.2025
• Größe: 139 x 217 mm
• Verlag: Princeton University Press