In North America we love our summers. We are basically trained to love them. From an early age we are taught that our ...

Thomas Mulligan examines the catastrophic 1815 volcanic blast that triggered a worldwide cooling period and transformed the Earth's environment for years to follow. Kremlin rejects Europe’s Ukraine ...

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In the year 536 AD, a mysterious event plunged the world into darkness for a year and a half. Constantinople writers of the time described the sun as dimmed and blotted out, causing crop failures, ...

The history of natural disasters is peppered with storms, floods, and even asteroids, but some of the most fascinating disasters have come from deep within the Earth itself thanks to volcanoes.

Volcanoes have always held an incredible power capable of shaping the course of human history. Around 1,600 B.C.E., an explosion on the Greek island of Santorini likely wiped out Europe’s first ...

Nearly 4000 years ago, and 1500 years before Pompeii was buried by volcanic ash, the Bronze Age city of Akrotiri was destroyed by one of the most powerful volcanic eruptions in history. The discovery ...

In Nicholas Day’s “A World Without Summer,” Mount Tambora provides a warning about climate change and the inspiration for “Frankenstein.” By Abby McGanney Nolan Abby McGanney Nolan writes about ...

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 ...

The Mount Tambora eruption in April 1815 was the most powerful volcanic blast in recorded human history. The stratovolcano on the Indonesian island of Sumbawa had been dormant for centuries — and then ...

A celebration of how alien yet relatable so many of the creatures that live among us can be. Bruce Elder shares with us his extensive knowledge, insights, and hot tips for every Australian town in ...

The defeat of French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815 is widely believed to be due to the inclement weather in England. But a new study suggests that Napoleon’s misfortune ...