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

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 ...

The volcano eruption at Mount Tambora in 1815, which is in present-day Indonesia, brought with it a climate chill so severe that it ruined harvests and took countless lives. Ash filled the sky, ...

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

Scientists have identified the “mystery volcano” that erupted in 1831 and cooled Earth’s climate. They have linked it to an island volcano in the northwest Pacific Ocean.

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 ...

An unknown volcano erupted so explosively in 1831 that it cooled Earth’s climate. Now, nearly 200 years later, scientists have identified the “mystery volcano.” The eruption was one of the ...

Scientists warn the next massive volcanic eruption is not a matter of if, but when—and the world is woefully unprepared.

The Axial Seamount, an underwater volcano located about 300 miles off the coast of Oregon, is displaying behavior that indicates an eruption is imminent in 2025, William Chadwick, research ...

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