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Mount Tambora Is Still Active, but It's Not Likely to Have a Devastating Eruption Again

Imagine a volcanic eruption so large it spewed 24 cubic miles of ash, rock, and gases into the air, produced smoke that could be seen from 300 miles away, and completely altered the planet's climate ...
Smithsonian Magazine

200 Years After Tambora, Some Unusual Effects Linger

The 1815 eruption of Mount Tambora in Indonesia left a huge crater, along with a sometimes unexpected legacy. Jialiang Gao, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons On April 10, 1815, the Tambora volcano ...