'And the small volcanic eruption in Iceland that made big headlines was equally random. There is no connection whatsoever between them, except for the fact that they occurred in the same year on the same planet'

'Using IPCC simulations of air flow, Cassou and colleague Éric Guilyardi show that global warming will increase summer blocking events over Europe' See New Scientist article here.

'Earth's atmosphere is comparatively free of volcanic dust, and that relatively large amounts of sunlight are being refracted through the Earth's atmosphere'

NPR: 'We do wonder whether there's human involvement in all of these eruptions, earthquakes, storms'