HIS 104 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Mount Tambora, Sumbawa, Volcanic Crater
28 Feb 2019
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His 104 - eruptions of mount tambora and krakatoa. Mount tambora: april 10, 1815: occurred in sumbawa island, largest death toll (90, 000, caldera left. Volcanic crater, volcano collapses into itself: sulfur dioxide + hydroxide gas = 100 million tons of sulfuric acid as aerosol droplet, effects: Ash from volcano: ruined homes, contaminated water. Affects global climate: crop failure and famine. Year without a summer : global cooling. Jet streams: high speed winds, circles around the globe, storms in europe but mostly. Cold and wet: cry cold air in the arctic, warm and humid air for east coast. Cultural: creation of frankenstein novel, art pieces, poems. Mount krakatoa: april 27, 1883: more popular than mount tambora bc eruption occurred after telegraph was created. The royal society"s report on krakatoa"s eruption 1888: describes the event and the sky that day. Art pieces (paintings: 1893: the scream - edvard munch.
