Could we find some fingerprints from Eyjafjallajökull over nowadays unrests across the Arab and Muslim world ?
The unpronounceable Icelandic volcano may have longer lasting consequences than last year's air traffic disruptions. It probably contributed to extreme meteorological events and unexpected agricultural outputs. For instance, Russia's disastrous crops and the following embargo on exports had a massive impact on food prices worldwide.
After all, the 1783 eruption of a volcano in Iceland (Laki) disrupted European climate so dramatically that it is now recognized as one of the triggers to the French Revolution.
And even before 1789, as early as in 1783, a certain country would lose about one sixth of its population because of starvation caused by the same event.
The name of that country ? Egypt.
Of course, it takes more than a volcano eruption to start a revolution, but volcanoes have a knack for contributing to the extinction of cumbersome dinosaurs.
blogules 2011
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