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Island on Fire : The Extraordinary Story of Laki, the Volcano That Turned Eighteenth-century Europe Dark by Alexandra Witze; Jeff Kanipe is a history book available to read on EtoBox.

What is Island on Fire : The Extraordinary Story of Laki, the Volcano That Turned Eighteenth-century Europe Dark about?

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.

Who reads Island on Fire : The Extraordinary Story of Laki, the Volcano That Turned Eighteenth-century Europe Dark?

Author

Alexandra Witze; Jeff Kanipe

Publisher

Profile Books Limited; PROFILE BOOKS

Published

2014

Language

EN

ISBN

9781781250044

Category

history

Subjects

Fiction, Science, Travel

Rating

3.9 / 5 (36 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14