How Far Away Volcanoes Collapsed Entire Empires

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Head to https://shopify.com/scishow to learn more and for a 14-day free trial. Thanks to Shopify, an ecommerce platform that helps you start, grow, and manage your business, for supporting SciShow. Did you know that there is a surprising link between volcanoes, climate change, and ancient Chinese history? Learn about the volcanoes that collapsed entire empires in this new episode of SciShow! Hosted by: Hank Green SciShow is on TikTok! Check us out at https://www.tiktok.com/@scishow ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow ---------- Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporters for helping us keep SciShow free for everyone forever: Matt Curls, Alisa Sherbow, Dr. Melvin Sanicas, Harrison Mills, Adam Brainard, Chris Peters, charles george, Piya Shedden, Alex Hackman, Christopher R, Boucher, Jeffrey Mckishen, Ash, Silas Emrys, Eric Jensen, Kevin Bealer, Jason A Saslow, Tom Mosner, Tomás Lagos González, Jacob, Christoph Schwanke, Sam Lutfi, Bryan Cloer ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? SciShow Tangents Podcast: https://scishow-tangents.simplecast.com/ Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow #SciShow ---------- Sources: https://eos.org/articles/did-volcanoes-accelerate-the-fall-of-chinese-dynasties https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-021-00284-7 https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/1510/global-effects-of-mount-pinatubo https://www.nytimes.com/2004/02/08/arts/art-the-scream-east-of-krakatoa.html https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2004243117 https://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/facts/rof.html http://climate.envsci.rutgers.edu/pdf/ROG2000.pdf https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2020GL088124 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13351-022-2013-6 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/0305440385900123 https://time.com/5300683/volcanoes-most-dangerous-active/ https://whc.unesco.org/en/activities/504/ https://www.iceandclimate.nbi.ku.dk/research/past_atmos/ice_core_impurities/impurities_volcanic_origin/ https://bit.ly/3OAnyYr https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/flying-above-lava-eruption-at-iceland-volcano-mount-stock-footage/1320895134 https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/pompei-city-center-in-the-morning-stock-footage/935220848 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Santorini_from_the_airplane.jpg https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/time-lapse-cinemagraph-seamless-video-loop-of-the-stock-footage/1370912729 https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/tungurahua-volcano-erupting-stock-footage/473173021 https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/big-river-flooding-the-suburbs-after-heavy-rain-stock-footage/479669340 https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/volcanic-eruption-of-sakurajima-volcano-time-lapse-stock-footage/135906212 https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/slowmotion-video-palm-trees-under-heavy-rain-and-very-stock-footage/1293974325 https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/philae-temple-view-from-boat-at-aswan-egypt-stock-footage/1330090909 https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/road-through-delta-debre-tarragona-spain-stock-footage/964344238 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Caesar_giving_Cleopatra_the_Throne_of_Egypt-Pietro_de_Cortone-MBA_Lyon_A53-IMG_0355.jpg https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/great-wall-during-sunset-stock-footage/1322672922 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Xinhai_Revolution_in_Shanghai.jpg https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/drone-over-sea-and-ice-of-ilulissat-icefjord-stock-footage/1400995296 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ice_core_extracted_at_Talos_Dome_showing_an_ash_layer_corresponding_to_the_Toba_eruption.jpg https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/powerful-eruption-black-ash-clouds-iceland-2021-stock-footage/1400714777 https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/storm-clouds-time-lapse-stock-footage/1267068206 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:China,_Qing_dynasty_(1644-1911),_Qianlong_reign_-_The_Battle_at_Elei_Zhalatu-_from_Battle_Scenes_of_the_Quelling_of_Rebellion_-_1998.103.3_-_Cleveland_Museum_of_Art.tif https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ming_Dynasty_Tomb.jpg https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/large-volcano-in-iceland-geldingadalir-fagradalsfjall-stock-footage/1346203868 https://tinyurl.com/2p8ajk9p https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tambora_EFS_highres_STS049_STS049-97-54.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1815_tambora_explosion.png https://tinyurl.com/3w536be2 https://tinyurl.com/2p9bmxz2 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Hunga_Tonga%E2%80%93Hunga_Ha%27apai_volcanic_eruption_captured_at_December_30,_2021.webm https://tinyurl.com/5erw5wvv The Link Between Volcanoes, Climate, and Chinese History