Note that large volcanoes, like Pinatubo and Krakatoa, were followed by a fractional — but significant — drop in temperature.

Like many other local firms, Natuzzi has had to lay off workers at its factories near Matera.

Hilazon Tachtit was occupied by the Natufians, hunter-gatherers who began to build permanent dwellings during the transition between the prefarming Paleolithic and the agricultural Neolithic periods.