PBS纪录片《致命火山 Killer Volcanoes 2017》跟随一组火山侦探展开全球搜索，寻找一次神秘的火山超级喷发，使中世纪的地球陷入深度冰冻。这个谜团始于考古学家在伦敦发现一个匆忙挖掘的4000个男女儿童的大规模坑墓。
PBS纪录片《致命火山 Killer Volcanoes 2017》
NOVA follows a team of volcano sleuths as they embark on a worldwide hunt for an elusive volcanic mega-eruption that plunged the medieval earth into a deep freeze. The mystery begins when archaeologists find a hastily dug mass grave of 4,000 men, women, and children in London.
起初，他们认为这是黑死病的瘟疫坑，但是当他们对骨骼进行了年代测定时，发现时间比瘟疫早了一个世纪。那么是什么导致这些家庭的死亡？当时的编年史描述了一连串的极端天气，摧毁了欧洲的农作物，引发了饥荒。
At first they assume it’s a plague pit from the Black Death, but when they date the bones, they’re a century too early. So what killed off these families? The chronicles of that time describe a run of wild weather that devastated crops and spread famine across Europe.
PBS纪录片《致命火山 Killer Volcanoes 2017》
NOVA的专家团队寻找了足以将大量灰尘和硫酸喷入大气层的火山爆发的标志，在冰层和土壤层中找到了“指纹”，最终将罪魁祸首锁定在印度尼西亚一个偏远的火山口上。
NOVA’s expert team looks for the signature of a volcanic eruption big enough to have blasted a huge cloud of ash and sulfuric acid into the atmosphere, which chilled the entire planet. From Greenland to Antarctica, the team finds telltale “fingerprints” in ice and soil layers until, finally, they narrow down the culprit to a smoldering crater on a remote Indonesian island.
近750年前，这座火山的巨大爆炸将一百万吨岩石和灰尘喷入大气层。它将全球的夏天变成了冬天。如果今天再次发生这样的灾难，会发生什么？
Nearly 750 years ago, this volcano’s colossal explosion shot a million tons of rock and ash into the atmosphere. Across the globe, it turned summer into winter. What would happen if another such cataclysm struck again today?
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