OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 58741

volcanic winter

/vɒlˌkænɪk ˈwɪntə/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
invierno volcánico
A reduction in global temperatures caused by volcanic ash and droplets of sulfuric acid obscuring the Sun and raising Earth's albedo (increasing the reflection of solar radiation) after a large, particularly explosive volcanic eruption.
People who lived through the Year Without a Summer, 1816, had no way to know at the time that they were living through a volcanic winter; some thought that the end times were begin…
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