200th anniversary of Tambora eruption a reminder of volcanic perils
Tuesday, March 31, 2015 - 09:20
in Earth & Climate
The 2010 eruption of the Icelandic volcano Eyjafjallajökull grounded thousands of air flights and spread ash over much of western Europe, yet it was puny compared to the eruption 200 years ago of Tambora, a volcano that probably killed more than 60,000 people in what is now Indonesia and turned summer into winter over much of the Northern Hemisphere.