The 1815 eruption of Mount Tambora in Indonesia left a huge crater, along with a sometimes unexpected legacy. Jialiang Gao, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons On April 10, 1815, the Tambora volcano ...
The eruption injected massive amounts of sulfur dioxide into the stratosphere, forming a veil of aerosols that reflected ...
Imagine a volcanic eruption so large it spewed 24 cubic miles of ash, rock, and gases into the air, produced smoke that could be seen from 300 miles away, and completely altered the planet's climate ...
On April 10, 1815 Mount Tambora, an Indonesian volcano, erupted with a force 100 times greater than the 1980 eruption of Mt. St. Helens. It would prove to be the largest volcanic eruption in nearly ...
In 1816, communities across the Northern Hemisphere experienced a year of unusual weather that became known as the “Year Without a Summer.” Frost appeared in June, crops failed in several regions, and ...
Nearly two hundred years ago, an event so rare occurred that even the phrase “once in a blue moon” doesn’t quite describe it. The thing is, the Sun turned blue in the sky. The effect of the blue, ...