When Earth bites back

• Autores: Bill McGuire
• Localización: New scientist, ISSN 0262-4079, Nº. 3014, 2015, págs. 26-27
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Two hundred years ago, a simmering tropical volcano tore itself apart in spectacular fashion. Mount Tambora, on the Indonesian island of Sumbawa, erupted in a colossal blast that led to the deaths of more than 70,000 people in the region. So large was the eruption that its reach extended far beyond South-East Asia, loading the stratosphere with 200 million tonnes of sulphate particles that dimmed the sun and brought about a dramatic cooling with widespread ramifications half a world away. Here, McGuire finds out whether humans would be similarly caught out should another Tambora occur tomorrow.