18 15 On the night of April 5, on the Indonesian island of Sombawa, residents who were busy in the fields were preparing to go home to rest when they suddenly heard a thunderous noise. The islanders thought that pirates had launched a sneak attack, but when they went out to have a look, they found that Mount Tambora had erupted. The frightened residents understood and went back to sleep. After all, volcanic earthquakes are common in Indonesia, and residents with certain experience judge that the loss caused by this volcanic eruption will not be too great. But what residents didn't expect was that five days later, the result of the eruption of Mount Tambora changed the world to some extent.
Mount Tambora in Indonesia was dormant for centuries before 18 15. On April 5th, 18 15 began to break out and reached its peak in April. The eruption time of Tambora volcano is the largest volcanic eruption event in history. Volcanic eruption produces more than 40 kilometers of lava, and the volcanic ash cloud covers an area of more than 1 million square kilometers. In addition to a strong earthquake, it also triggered a tsunami. The height of Tambora volcano before eruption was about 4 100 m, but after this eruption, the height of the volcano was only 285 1 m.
When it broke out for the first time on April 5, it was precisely because residents were not alert that the tragedy of April 10 was brewed. There is volcanic ash soil at the foot of the volcano, and many people will gather here and gradually form villages. Everyone knows that living on volcanoes may not be safe, but there is no way to survive. At that time, there were about 10000 people in the villages near the volcano. When the volcano erupted, these people didn't have enough time to escape, and soon they were swallowed up in hot magma and ashes all over the sky.
Due to the destruction of rice fields, the wells on the island were polluted by volcanic ash, and in the following weeks, more than 40 thousand residents died of disease. It is estimated that the eruption of Mount Tambora caused more than 654.38 million deaths, making it the deadliest volcanic eruption in history.
Most people may have heard of the butterfly effect. It refers to a butterfly flapping its wings to make the surrounding air fluctuate, which may lead to other events under the influence of a series of factors.
The gas produced by this volcano penetrates into the upper stratosphere of the earth, further affecting the global airflow system and disrupting the normal temperature and precipitation pattern of the earth. According to analysis, this eruption event caused the global average temperature to drop by about 65438 0.5 degrees Celsius.
18 16 It snowed in the United States in June. The low temperature caused a sharp drop in grain and starved many people, which accelerated the process of westward advancement to a certain extent.