Year Without Summer: Effects Of Tambora Volcanic Eruption On Iberian Peninsula Studied For First Time
Thursday, February 26, 2009 - 05:21
in Earth & Climate
Scientists have presented the first-ever evaluation of the impact of the 1816 eruption of the Tambora volcano in Indonesia on the Iberian Peninsula. Historical documents and observations by Spanish and Portuguese stations have shown that emissions of gas and particulates from the volcano limited the effect of solar radiation in Spain, where temperatures that summer did not rise above 15ºC.