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Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890-1969)

Volcanic eruptions

Fire and Ice

ver. 2 - Mon, Feb 11, 2008 at 8:46:57 PM

By Heidi Schultz

It wasn’t until 1784 that a scientist suggested that volcanic eruptions could affect global climate. It was a year after the Laki fissure zone in Iceland erupted for eight months—the greatest outpouring of lava in historic time. Ash and sulfur dioxide spread through the atmosphere. Haze reduced sunlight, and acid rain destroyed crops and livestock. The scientist, residing in Paris at the time, puzzled over the strange weather and postulated to the philosophical society in Manchester, England, that the “universal fog” was a result of an Iceland eruption. That scientist was none other than Benjamin Franklin.

Bibliography

Schulz, Heidi. “Fire and Ice.” National Geographic (March 2005).

Update

Last month's updates:

1. A post on some of last year's developments in the field of nanotechnology in Itonis Science :

• Nanotechnology... Sponges and muscles. (Mar. 26th)

2. Una excelente pieza informativa sobre la nobleza y sus rangos, escrita en español y en inglés en Itonis Humanidades / An excellent informative piece on nobility and its ranks, written both in English and Spanish in Itonis Humanities ::

• Nobility (Mar. 27th)