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Tree rings, a famous poem, and lots of lava help explain why Iceland abandoned paganism

Tree rings, a famous poem, and lots of lava help explain why Iceland abandoned paganism

The imagery is intense: A sun seemingly stamped from the sky, acid rain leaking into homes, and widespread famine as the land sank into the sea. These are accounts of the weather around 940 CE, shortly after volcanic activity in Iceland triggered a massive lava flood. Now, well over a thousand years later, a team…