The deadly volcanic eruption of 1815 changed the life of mankind – UNIAN
The high-altitude dispersion of ash and sulfur dioxide in the stratosphere has even led to optical phenomena around the world.
Volcanoes are the force that can change landscapes and ecosystems. Their effects often persist for hundreds of years.
But no eruption known to science has had such a transformative effect as the infamous eruption of Mount Tambora in Indonesia. This cataclysm was of such a scale that it radically changed the mountain, reducing its height by more than 1219 m. The explosion left a huge crater with a radius of 6 km and a depth of about 610 m, Forbes writes.
Geological material was thrown very far away, setting off a cascade of events that lowered global temperatures, disrupted weather patterns and caused what is now remembered as the “Year Without a Summer”.
This eruption not only devastated the local…
