Complexity Digest 2008.16 - 12.01

17-Apr-2008

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The Volcano That Changed the World, News@Nature Bookmark and Share

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Did the Huaynaputina volcano, seen here from a satellite, inflict misery on the world?
ASTER Volcano Archive
The eruption in 1600 of Huaynaputina, a stratovolcano in the Andes mountains, blanketed nearby villages with glowing rock and ash, and killed some 1,500 people. But it may also have had a far wider effect, by injecting sulphur particles high into the atmosphere and disrupting the climate worldwide.