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Tambora : the Eruption That Changed the World.

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 thr...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Wood, Gillen DArcy
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton University Press, 2014.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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
  • Epilogue: Et in extremis ego.