Satellite view of Tambora volcano. Credit: NASA / Public domain / Wikimedia Commons The immediate impact of the eruption was devastating. It is estimated that around 71,000 people died, most due to ...

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 ...

In 1815, Indonesia's Mount Tambora volcano erupted, creating unprecedented hell. The Mount Tambora eruption has since been recorded as the most powerful volcanic eruption ever recorded. California ...