
Island on Fire
The Extraordinary Story of a Forgotten Volcano That Changed the World
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John Lescault
Can a single explosion change the course of history? An eruption at the end of the 18th century led to years of climate change while igniting famine, disease, and even perhaps revolution.
Laki is Iceland's largest volcano - and its most fearsome. 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.
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The book then shifts to incorporate our understanding of Iceland's 2010 Eyjafjallajökull eruption. Because the Laki eruption was larger in magnitude and severity than the Eyjafjallajökull eruption of living memory, they make a good argument for how much more devastating a modern Laki-level eruption would be by comparing the two incidents. The air travel groundings and supply chain disruptions definitely rang true because of what we're going through with the COVID-19 pandemic.
Some sections weren't the best, however, which is why I only give this book 4/5 stars. They seem to jump around from topic to topic, which may be because this book has two authors. Better editing to stitch topics together and write better transition passages could have remedied these hiccups.
Nonetheless, I enjoyed reading about volcanoes, volcanology, science, geology, science history, Iceland, and Icelandic history. It's my dream to visit Iceland someday, but I hadn't read much of its history other than "The Sagas of Icelanders" by Ornolfur Thorsson, so I'm glad I picked this up.
Interesting and Pertinent Topic!
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Good, but I wasn’t blown away
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Wonderful blend of history and science
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grim
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Fascinating history of Icelandic volcanoes
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Ramifications for the impact of a future mega volcano on today’s more densely populated and international transport dependent is astounding and frightening!
Interesting in the Covid pandemic era was the author’s discussion about the run in N95 masks and panic buying that would occur should the world know about an impending mega eruption. Similar to what we experienced in 2020. Very prescient!
Interesting and engrossing Volcano info centered on Iceland
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Full of facts interestedly told
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So Interesting
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I’m sure that other people will find it more interesting.
Couldn’t get through it
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I may actually listen to it again, it was that good
a great book
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