New Scientist article

Interesting article in New Scientist today.

"Brimstone & bicycles"

Linking the 1815 eruption of Mount Tambora in Indonesia with average global
temperature drop of 3C, associated climatic events such as crop failures,
lack of "summer" in 1816, Mary Shelly writing "Frankenstein" and Karl-Drais
inventing a replacement for the horse... the bicycle.

Also see

http://www.karldrais.de/?lang=en&sid=4d3b4f2d6af08b364493e4c583270686

Cheers, helen s


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