
The year without summer began from a volcanic eruption: what happened in 1816 and the consequences
Summer temperature anomaly of 1816 (° C) compared to the average of the climate of the period 1971–2000; Via Wikimedia Commons THE’eruption of the Tambora volcanoin Indonesia, rendered 1816 a “year without summer” because of the large quantities of particulates released into the atmosphere, which absorbed the sunlight thus continuing the cold even in the summer months, in particular in ...








