Western Europe’s last famine began 200 years...  ...lief. “The Year Without a Summer,” as 1816 is known, was caused by global air pollution in t...  ...rsquo;s miserable Creature, in the context of the 1816 worldwide climate shock, appears less like a symb...

The following is an article from the book Uncle Jo...  ...ures routinely fell below freezing through May of 1816 — far past the usual Canadian cold season. T...  ...disappointed, no swimming, such a shame.It was in 1816 that summer never came. The article above is repr...