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 1816, much of the Northern Hemisphere experienced something deeply unsettling: a summer that never arrived. Temperatures dropped sharply across North America, Europe, and parts of Asia; crops ...

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.

In these years, when climate change dominates much of the public conversation, it is worth looking back and remembering that ...

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 ...

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 ...

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Learn more about the area around Mount Tambora and how, even though it was once the site of the largest eruption on record, the next massive eruption probably won't come from there. Imagine a volcanic ...