Learn more about the area around Mount Tambora and how, even though it was once the site of the largest eruption on record, ...

In A World Without Summer, Nicholas Day traces the devastating fallout from the eruption of Mount Tambora in 1815, which ...

More than 200 years ago, North Carolina residents experienced a “year without a summer.” Screengrab from the N.C. Department of Natural and Cultural Resources website A far-off volcanic explosion led ...

Historians said rare early frost hit NC during cool summer in 1816. Mount Tambora volcano eruption caused unusual weather, lower temperatures, crop failures.

Among the books hitting shelves next week are a picture book about a child’s struggle to make new friends, a middle grade ...

The potential impact of supervolcanoes on the acceleration of climate change is a topic of tremendous importance in the field of climate science today. This exploration will delve into the mechanisms ...

President Ronald Reagan once remembered the 1816 eruption of Mount Tambora, stating, If one volcano can do that, what are we talking about with the whole nuclear exchange?

One of two main craters on Alaska’s Mount Spurr, shown in 1991. Earthquake activity suggested the volcano was close to erupting again in 2025. (Photo by R.G. McGimsey/Alaska Volcano Observatory/U.S.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Officials lowered the alert level for a volcano near Alaska’s largest city to normal Wednesday, which they said indicates that Mount Spurr is “quiet” months after showing ...

Alaska’s volcano experts no longer expect an eruption anytime soon from Mount Spurr, the closest active volcano to Anchorage.