TAMBORA, INDONESIA 1815

• How many tonnes of Sulphur Dioxide was ejected into the atmosphere by the 1815 Tambora eruption?

  200 million tonnes
• How much were global temperatures lowered by due to the 1815 Tambora eruption?

  0.7°c
• How long did the impacts of the 1815 Tambora eruption last?

  5 years
• What was significant about 1816 due to the 1815 Tambora eruption?

  It was called the ‘year without summer’
• How many people died from starvation in Europe due to the ‘Year without Summer 1816’?

  65,000 people
• What disease outbreak was there during ‘Year without Summer 1816’?

  cholera, spread worldwide
• What was the weather like in June 1816, the year without summer?

  snowing