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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.

Mount Tambora Volcano, Sumbawa Island in Indonesia is featured in this image photographed by an Expedition 20 crew member on the International Space Station. On April 10, 1815 the Tambora volcano ...

The fall could be five metres or 50 metres; there’s no way of seeing over the ledge below. Not that it matters – any debilitating injury could prove fatal, because being carried out of Mount Tambora’s ...

(WHTM) — It was called the Year Without a Summer. In 1816, the average global temperature dropped about one degree Fahrenheit. In the United States, there was snow in June across New England and New ...

Last week was the 200 year anniversary of the year without a summer. In 1815, the Tambora volcano, which was 20 times the size of Mount Vesuvius, erupted in Indonesia. It is estimated that over 71,000 ...

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 the ...

FARGO — The great Tambora volcanic eruption happened in April 1815. This was the most powerful volcanic eruption of at least the past 1,000 years. As many as 100,000 people were killed in a torrent of ...

Indonesia was struck by massive earthquake and volcanic eruption this past week. The citizens took it in stride. They're used to such events. But there are a few facts about volcanoes that even ...

Two hundred years ago, on the evening of April 5, 1815, a volcano known as Mount Tambora on an island in Indonesia began erupting. The explosion was heard 1,600 miles away. Even 800 miles away on Java ...

Indonesian researchers believe they have identified six new animal species in the newly declared Mount Tambora National Park on the island of Sumbawa. “We are sure these six candidates have not been ...