James Stewart

The most recent eruption rating 7 on the VEI scale was the 1815 eruption of Tambora in Indonesia, which caused tens of thousands of deaths locally and tens of thousands more worldwide due to the volcano's effects on the climate. Because of the ash that Tambora injected into the atmosphere the following year, 1816, is known as the year without a summer.

The most recent eruption rating 7 on the VEI scale was the 1815 eruption of Tambora in Indonesia, which caused tens of thousands of deaths locally and tens of thousands more worldwide due to the volcano's effects on the climate. Because of the ash that Tambora injected into the atmosphere the following year, 1816, is known as the year without a summer.

The most recent eruption rating 7 on the VEI scale was the 1815 eruption of Tambora in Indonesia, which caused tens of thousands of deaths locally and tens of thousands more worldwide due to the volcano's effects on the climate. Because of the ash that Tambora injected into the atmosphere the following year, 1816, is known as the year without a summer.

The average global temperature that year lowered by around half a degree Celsius, causing harvest failures and food shortages. VEI 7 eruptions like Tambora are few and far between. For another eruption of comparable scale, you have to go all the way back to 1257 and the eruption of a volcano called Samalas, also in Indonesia.

The average global temperature that year lowered by around half a degree Celsius, causing harvest failures and food shortages. VEI 7 eruptions like Tambora are few and far between. For another eruption of comparable scale, you have to go all the way back to 1257 and the eruption of a volcano called Samalas, also in Indonesia.

The average global temperature that year lowered by around half a degree Celsius, causing harvest failures and food shortages. VEI 7 eruptions like Tambora are few and far between. For another eruption of comparable scale, you have to go all the way back to 1257 and the eruption of a volcano called Samalas, also in Indonesia.

But if the largest eruptions in recorded history only reach a VEI of 7, what sort of events could warrant the top rank on the scale? VEI 8 eruptions, given the adjective mega-colossal by volcanologists, are those produced by so-called supervolcanoes.

But if the largest eruptions in recorded history only reach a VEI of 7, what sort of events could warrant the top rank on the scale? VEI 8 eruptions, given the adjective mega-colossal by volcanologists, are those produced by so-called supervolcanoes.

But if the largest eruptions in recorded history only reach a VEI of 7, what sort of events could warrant the top rank on the scale? VEI 8 eruptions, given the adjective mega-colossal by volcanologists, are those produced by so-called supervolcanoes.

Super volcanic eruptions involve the ejection of more than a thousand cubic kilometres of material, more than 20 times the volume erupted by Tambora in 1815, and about 500 times the volume erupted by Tonga in 2022.

Super volcanic eruptions involve the ejection of more than a thousand cubic kilometres of material, more than 20 times the volume erupted by Tambora in 1815, and about 500 times the volume erupted by Tonga in 2022.

Super volcanic eruptions involve the ejection of more than a thousand cubic kilometres of material, more than 20 times the volume erupted by Tambora in 1815, and about 500 times the volume erupted by Tonga in 2022.

The huge quantities of material blasted out by these top category eruptions form volcanic plumes that punch high up into the atmosphere, injecting ash and other aerosols that can disrupt the climate for years. Speaking of life-changing eruptions, I had a few of my own to worry about having suffered from pretty bad acne as a teenager.

The huge quantities of material blasted out by these top category eruptions form volcanic plumes that punch high up into the atmosphere, injecting ash and other aerosols that can disrupt the climate for years. Speaking of life-changing eruptions, I had a few of my own to worry about having suffered from pretty bad acne as a teenager.

The huge quantities of material blasted out by these top category eruptions form volcanic plumes that punch high up into the atmosphere, injecting ash and other aerosols that can disrupt the climate for years. Speaking of life-changing eruptions, I had a few of my own to worry about having suffered from pretty bad acne as a teenager.

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