Tambora unleashed its fury over two weeks in ... uninhabited island of Krakatau was so great that much of the volcano, and two-thirds of the island itself, collapsed into the sea, triggering ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...