The cooling effect of the dust over europe could have made for a very cold winter.
Iceland's Laki volcano erupted in 1783, freeing gases that turned into smog. The smog floated across the Jet Stream, changing weather patterns. Many died from gas poisoning in the British Isles. Crop production fell in western Europe. Famine spread. Some even linked the eruption, which helped fuel famine, to the French Revolution. Painters in the 18th century illustrated fiery sunsets in their works.
The winter of 1784 was also one of the longest and coldest on record in North America. New England reported a record stretch of below-zero temperatures and New Jersey reported record snow accumulation. The Mississippi River also reportedly froze in New Orleans.
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I believe global warming was not due to rising CO2 but the lack of major volcanic eruptions.
I also believe that the AGW people will have a very hard time pushing global warming if this volcano keeps erupting like it historically has.
If this turns out to be a major eruption bigger then Pinatubo, The government may be begging us to burn anything we can to restart global warming and stop a new ice-age.
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