Bibliograph

Tambora, the eruption that changed the world, Gillen D'Arcy Wood

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Tambora, the eruption that changed the world, Gillen D'Arcy Wood

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-280) and index

Illustrations

illustrationsmaps

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Tambora

Medium

electronic resource eBook

Nature of contents

bibliographydictionaries

Responsibility statement

Gillen D'Arcy Wood

Sub title

the eruption that changed the world

Summary

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

Table Of Contents

The Pompeii of the East -- The little (volcanic) Ice Age -- "This end of the world weather" -- Blue death in Bengal -- The seven sorrows of Yunnan -- The polar garden -- Ice tsunami in the Alps -- The other Irish famine -- Hard times at Monticello

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