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Jennifer Young

About Jennifer Young

Jennifer Young holds a degree in geography, and a geoscience degree from the Open University. She is currently pursuing a masters degree in earth science. Jennifer Young is an enthusiast about all things past – often very deep in the past. She has a deep interest in and enthusiasm for the way the workings of our planet have influenced human history. Landscape and geology influence where kingdoms have been established and where and why battles have been fought; they form the basis for many a myth and offer explanations for some of the world’s great stories and mysteries. Earthquakes and volcanoes have changed the face of human civilization and sometimes even our approach to it.

Tambora 1815: History’s Largest Eruption and the “Year Without a Summer”

April 18, 2014 by Jennifer Young Leave a Comment

Tambora 1815: History’s Largest Eruption and the “Year Without a Summer”

It’s almost a century since the largest volcanic eruption in historic time. Tambora, in Indonesia, created so much pollution that it caused temporary global cooling – the so-called ‘year without a summer.’

Magnitude of Historic Earthquakes: How Big Were The Biggest Quakes?

March 28, 2014 by Jennifer Young 1 Comment

Magnitude of Historic Earthquakes: How Big Were The Biggest Quakes?

Fifty years after the second largest earthquake, a look at past events indicates that magnitude isn’t the only thing that makes an earth tremor significant.

Earthquakes and the Bible: Sodom and Gomorrah and the Destruction of Jericho

March 20, 2014 by Jennifer Young 1 Comment

Earthquakes and the Bible: Sodom and Gomorrah and the Destruction of Jericho

The history of the Middle East is punctuated by natural disaster. What evidence is there that major destruction, such as the Battle of Jericho and the Destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, was associated with seismic activity?

Etna’s 1669 Eruption: Disaster or Damp Squib?

March 10, 2014 by Jennifer Young 3 Comments

Etna’s 1669 Eruption: Disaster or Damp Squib?

The 1669 eruption of Sicily’s Mount Etna destroyed towns and villages, but was it devastating in terms of loss of life?

Japan’s History of Devastating Earthquakes

March 4, 2014 by Jennifer Young Leave a Comment

Japan’s History of Devastating Earthquakes

The anniversaries of two of Japan’s largest earthquakes fall in early March. What lies behind the country’s turbulent seismic history?

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