Two months before Napoleon's historic defeat at the Battle of Waterloo, a volcanic eruption in Indonesia caused heavy rains ...

In 1815, Mount Tambora experienced the largest volcanic eruption in recorded history. The eruption's effects altered Earth's ...

The eruption of Mount Tambora killed thousands, plunged much of the world into a frightful chill and offers lessons for today. Greg Harlin/Wood Ronsaville Harlin A year after the eruption ...

Narrator: In 1815, Mount Tambora erupted in Indonesia, killing an estimated 92,000 people. It was the biggest eruption in recorded history. And yet, Tambora was about one-seventh the size of the ...

Mount Tambora’s 1815 eruption triggered the “year without a summer,” causing global cooling, failed crops, famine, and cultural shifts, including Mary Shelley's inspiration for Frankenstein.

Three case-studies of severe volcanic activity are closely examined. The 1815 Mount Tambora eruption in Indonesia, the Laki eruption on Iceland in 1783, and the Toba catastrophe that occurred over ...

Mount Lewotobi, located in Indonesia's East Nusa Tenggara province, erupted, prompting the Center for Volcanology and Geolog ...

The eruption of Mount Tambora in 1815 has been linked to climate change and social unrest. Such historical eruptions could serve as test cases for models used to assess future climate changes.

Krakatoa (1883) Death toll: 36,000 The eruption cast so much dust into the atmosphere, it cooled the entire globe by an average of 2.1 ºF. Mount Tambora (1815) Death toll: 90,000 The volcano ...