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Did the Huaynaputina volcano, seen here from a satellite, inflict misery on the world?ASTER Volcano ArchiveFour centuries ago, a Peruvian volcano blew its top – and the whole world may have felt it, a new study suggests.
The eruption in 1600 of Huaynaputina, a stratovolcano in the Andes mountains, blanketed nearby villages with glowing rock and ash, and killed some 1,500 people. But it may also have had a far wider effect, by injecting sulphur particles high into the atmosphere and disrupting the climate worldwide.