Excess mortality in Europe following a future Laki-style Icelandic eruption

• Published in: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
• Main Authors: Schmidt, Anja, Ostro, Bart, Carslaw, Kenneth S., Wilson, Marjorie, Thordarson, Thorvaldur, Mann, Graham W., Simmons, Adrian J.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: National Academy of Sciences 2011
• Subjects: Physical Sciences; Laki; Iceland
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3179041; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21930954; https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1108569108

Historical records show that the A.D. 1783–1784 Laki eruption in Iceland caused severe environmental stress and posed a health hazard far beyond the borders of Iceland. Given the reasonable likelihood of such an event recurring, it is important to assess the scale on which a future eruption could im...