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 ...

Mount Tambora changed the world. In 1815, the Indonesian volcano exploded in the most powerful eruption in recorded history, sending an enormous plume of tiny sun-reflecting particles high into ...

Mount Tambora remains active. Continuous monitoring of the volcano and the creation of disaster mitigation maps aim to prevent similar tragedies in a densely populated region. Today, it is known that ...

Tambora unleashed its fury over two weeks in April in the most explosive and lethal series of eruptions in recorded history. The blasts propelled rock and ash perhaps 25 miles into the sky above ...