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 ...

In 1815, Mount Tambora experienced the largest volcanic eruption in recorded history. The eruption's effects altered Earth's climate for years and even led to the "year without summer" in 1816.

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 ...

In April 1815, the eruption of Tambora Volcano in Indonesia — one of the largest in recorded history — blasted ash and gases into the atmosphere purportedly causing widespread cooling and crop failure ...

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Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. When a volcanic eruption shook the world in 1815, it left ...

FARGO — On this date in 1815, the Tambora Volcano in Indonesia erupted. This was the most powerful volcanic eruption of at least the past 1,000 years. Tens of thousands of people were killed in a ...

When Mount Tambora, a volcano on the edge of the Indonesian archipelago, erupted in April 1815, it was the largest explosion in recorded history. In A World Without Summer: A Volcano Erupts, A ...

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