Mount Tambora, an imposing stratovolcano that before 1815 reached an altitude of more than 4,300 meters, was the scene of the ...

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.

People lived in many parts of the Old World by then but had not yet reached Australia or the Americas. The bulk of the human ...

An eruption that produced one of the largest impacts on climate over the past 250 years has finally been matched with a ...

Located on the southern end of the Danish island of Bornholm, these stones are flat pieces of shale featuring intricately ...

According to scientists interviewed by CNN, humanity may be on the brink of a climatic chaos due to a potential super ...

Two of the four eruptions were previously identified: Mount Tambora in Indonesia exploded in 1815, and Cosegüina erupted in Nicaragua in 1835. The volcano that produced the 1808/1809 eruption ...

On December 24, 2024, Markus Stoffel, a climate professor at the University of Geneva, warned that a massive volcanic eruption may cool our planet. He compares it to the Mount Tambora eruption of ...

According to the team, there is a high chance that a connection exists between the volcanic eruption, the subsequent changes in climate, and the ritual sun stone sacrifices. In addition to a ...

Nearly two centuries after a massive volcanic eruption cooled Earth’s climate ... alongside Mount Tambora in Indonesia (1815) and Cosegüina in Nicaragua (1835). These events marked the tail ...