Australian travellers whose flights have been cancelled due to the Chilean ash cloud won’t want to hear what Dr Clive Oppenheimer of the University of Cambridge has to say: it’s going to get a lot worse.
His new book: Eruptions which shook the world, charts how volcanic eruptions have been responsible for cataclysmic events in history - from medieval bubonic plague and the rise of anti-semitism in Europe.
His study recommends that international organisations need to work together to offer practical solutions to future eruptions - from evacuation plans to travel bans and the provision of dust masks.
Read more at University of Cambridge