Publication

2014 - Princeton University Press, New Jersey

Language

English

Word Count

73,250 words, Guess

Page Count

293 pages

Identifiers

and 3 more

Classifications

  • DDC363.34/95
  • LCCQC981.8.V65 W66 2014
  • LCCQC981.8.V65

Description

When Indonesia's Mount Tambora erupted in 1815, it unleashed the most destructive wave of extreme weather the world has witnessed in thousands of years. The volcano's massive sulfate dust cloud enveloped the Earth, cooling temperatures and disrupting major weather systems for more than three years. Amid devastating storms, drought, and floods, communities worldwide endured famine, disease, and civil unrest on a catastrophic scale. On the eve of the bicentenary of the great eruption, Tambora tells the extraordinary story of the weather chaos it wrought, weaving the latest climate science with the social history of this frightening period to offer a cautionary tale about the potential tragic impacts of drastic climate change in our own century.

Subjects

Topics

WeatherHistoryEruptionVolcanoesClimatologyObservationsUmweltfaktor

Times

Other Editions

  • Tambora: the eruption that changed the worldPrinceton University Press2014-01-01

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