Awesome, thank you. Ill look into it more. I do remember reading about it some. Wasn't the "worst winter in history" recorded during that time? Crop failures all over the world and such. I think I remember some reports that parts of the world didn't see the sun for at least 8 months and others had 10+ feet of snow in areas that usually got inches.
What you're probably thinking of is 1815, which was known as "The year without a Summer". This was right in the middle of a Grand Solar Minimum and also had the Mt Tambora eruption (major volcanic eruptions coincide with Solar minima, which is likely due to increased Cosmic Ray flux due to the diminished Solar magnetic field). Major volcanic eruptions, and effects similar to Solar Minima can also be caused by galactic events such as Super Nova, which hit Earth with massive Cosmic Ray fluxes. It appears that it is the Cosmic Rays that are triggering of the volcanic activity, which is due to nucleation of gas bubbles in magma that is saturated or super-saturated with dissolved gasses.
If you're not familiar with Tom Nelson's channel, it's great to hear about heterodox climate science. He has a wide variety of guests on and they are allowed to present their ideas openly. Strangely, the main stream climate scientist don't seem too keen to present their theories in detail.
That is 100% what I was thinking about. I like when people on here talk about what they know. The more people you talk to the more you realize that there are a lot of smart people here that just don't always post about stuff they are interested in or comment unless something comes up.
Thanks!
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