From Santorini to Armageddon
@article{Maddox1984FromST,
title={From Santorini to Armageddon},
author={John Royden Maddox},
journal={Nature},
year={1984},
volume={307},
pages={107-107}
}North American tree-ring data confirm that volcanic eruptions can cause climatic change. So would nuclear war, but to a degree not yet calculable.
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