Icelandic Volcanoes--Disrupting Weather & History Since 1783

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By Aline Reynolds
Apr 16, 2010 9:58 PMNov 19, 2019 11:45 PM
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If past is prelude, then the volcanic eruption in Iceland whose plume of ash has grounded almost 300 flights across Europe may not only affect air travel in the coming days, it may also have a lingering impact on Europe's weather. Experts are looking back to the aftereffects of a previous eruption--when the Laki volcano in Southern Iceland exploded more than 200 years ago. That explosion

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