The largest volcanic eruption in recorded human history in 1815, the most powerful for at least 10,000 years. Mount Tambora located in the Lesser Sunda Islands in Indonesia.
The massive sulphate dust cloud enveloped the Earth, cooling temperatures and disrupting major weather systems for more than three years.
Professor Gillen D'Arcy Wood is the author of several historical works, and joined Philip Clark to discuss Tambora's impacts in Australia outlined in his book, Tambora: The Eruption That Changed the World.
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Mount Tambora had a massive eruption in 1815 which created the 'year without a summer' in 1816 where a volcanic winter led to failed harvests and other calamities around the globe.
Agriculture, Disasters, Accidents and Emergency Incidents, Human Interest