Ármann Höskuldsson, volcanologist at the University of Iceland, finds little probability that the massive disaster in 536, which threw whole continents in darkness, has taken place in Iceland. Eruptions, which followed, in 540 and 547, could possibly have taken place in Iceland. It was reported yesterday that a group of scientists had announced the results of their investigation, which suggested that powerful eruption and epidemics had made 536 the worst year in human history (McCormick et al.). The scientists had researched glacier ice in Switzerland and found ash that was erupted until spring 536. The researchers say the ashes are similar to those found in volcanic eruptions in Iceland, claiming that the eruption in 536 had taken place in Iceland. The researchers believed that further evidence would need to confirm with full certainty and further investigation of the matter.
The eruption known but not known where it was
Ármann says no signs of eruption of the magnitude in 536. He tells the eruption in 536 no new knowledge. This eruption has been dealt with in the field of scholarship since 1981, and is available for contemporary authorizations from the time of the great disaster. However, scientists have not been able to confirm where this huge eruption occurred.
Ármann believes it is likely that there is a eruption near the equator because traces of it have been found both in Greenland and the southern hemisphere. Hence, the view of scientists has hitherto been focused on volcanic eruptions in Indonesia and the volcano El Chichón in Mexico, but nothing has been confirmed in that regard.
The researchers who presented their research at the Harvard University in the United States last week said that the eruption in 540 and 547 increased further the horrors at this time and contributed to what was called the Dark Middle Ages. A mysterious fog is described in sources from this time, but it is thought of as volcanic ash clouds.
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