Human Consequences of Past Volcanic-Induced Climatic Shocks

Large volcanic eruptions can have a substantial impact on climate across the globe. These climatic disturbances can, in turn, have severe human consequences – often very remote from the original eruption. To understand how such eruptions have impacted history (and may impact society in the future) we need to understand how eruptions, climate and society interact: To what extent can we attribute social impacts to volcanic eruptions? How do different eruptions impact different societies and is there any consistency between these impacts? And why are some societies more or less affected by certain eruptions?