something similar happened, a volcano erupted and a quarter of iceland s population died in the famine that followed that, and impacted the weather across the world including a deep freeze in parts of the u.s., and our guest today is michael rampino, a vol can vulcanologist and teaches geology at the university of new york city, good to have you here, this is phenomenal and what is the likelihood that it could set off another volcano that could melt an entire glacier. it is likely and happened in the past but when it erupted the larger volcano beneath the ice sheet erupted, melting the glacier and causing the floods of meltwater. martha: and look at the map and where iceland is, it is not far from the u.k. and in the past it caused flooding in that area as well. it caused climactic change in the u.k. and europe and the amount of ash and gases that go into the atmosphere cloud and
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