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The Year Without Summer

Multiple Volcanic Winter

"What if several major volcanoes erupted simultaneously?"

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The Eruptions
Chain Reaction
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Two Years Later
Global Famine
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Ten Years Later
Recovery and Resilience
First 24 Hours
The Eruptions
The Aftermath
Two Years Later
The New Reality
Ten Years Later
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The Eruptions

Chain Reaction

A seismic event triggers near-simultaneous eruptions of multiple major volcanoes worldwide.

Key Points

  • 1Tambora, Krakatoa, and Pinatubo erupt
  • 2VEI-6 and VEI-7 events combined
  • 3Ash clouds merge into global shroud
  • 4Immediate regional devastation
  • 5Sulfur dioxide fills stratosphere

Statistics

5
Major eruptions
500Mt
SO2 released

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