This week we talk hail, Vesuvius, volcanic bombs, and vitrified brains.
Scandone, Roberto, Lisetta Giacomelli, and Mauro Rosi. "Death, Survival and Damage during the 79 AD Eruption of Vesuvius which destroyed Pompeii and Herculaneum." J. Res. Didact. Geogr 2 (2019): 5-30. (https://www.researchgate.net/publication/337768981_Death_Survival_and_Damage_during_the_79_AD_Eruption_of_Vesuvius_which_destroyed_Pompeii_and_Herculaneum)
Fun Paper Friday
An amazing new finding shows that brains were vitrified or turned to glass during the nearly 2000 year old eruption of Vesuvius.
Giordano, Guido, et al. "Unique formation of organic glass from a human brain in the Vesuvius eruption of 79 CE." Scientific Reports 15.1 (2025): 5955. (https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-025-88894-5.pdf)
Mt Vesuvius (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Vesuvius)
Plinian (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plinian_eruption)
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