BBC RADIO -- 2 minute segment -- How the literature of 1816 has inspired the creation of 'cli-fi' (with Professor David Higgins at Leeds University talking)

BBC RADIO How the literature of 1816 has inspired the creation of 'cli-fi'

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How the literature of 1816 has inspired the creation of 'cli-fi'

2 September 2016 Last updated at 11:29 BST

The last few summers have been the hottest on record, but 200 years ago people experienced a very different problem after the 1815 eruption of Mount Tambora caused a significant change to the global climate.

The year 1816 became known as the year without a summer. It provided inspiration for masterpieces such as Mary Shelley's Frankenstein and some of Lord Byron's best known poems.
For the Today programme, Dr David Higgins, an associate professor in English literature at Leeds University, explains the parallels for modern writers.
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2015 and 2014 summers in the UK were the hottest years since records began, and we are on track to break that record again in 2016. Professor Hazel Rymer is a Volcanologist and Dr David Higgins is associate professor in English literature at the University of Leeds.