Island on Fire - The extraordinary story of Laki, the volcano that turned eighteenth-century Europe dark (Paperback, Main)

Laki is Iceland's largest volcano. 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, Eyjafjallajokull, 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.

General

Imprint:	Profile Books Ltd
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	2017
First published:	2014
Authors:	Alexandra Witze • Jeff Kanipe
Dimensions:	198 x 130 x 16mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - B-format
Pages:	224
Edition:	Main
ISBN-13:	978-1-78125-266-6
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Science: general issues > Popular science Books > Earth & environment > Earth sciences > Structure & properties of the Earth > Volcanology & seismology
LSN:	1-78125-266-1
Barcode:	9781781252666

Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate? Let us know about it.

Does this product have an incorrect or missing image? Send us a new image.

Is this product missing categories? Add more categories.

Review This Product

No reviews yet - be the first to create one!