Impact of the Tambora volcanic eruption of 1815 on islands and relevance to future sunlight-blocking catastrophes.

ABSTRACT: Island nations may have potential long-term survival value for humanity in global catastrophes such as sun-blocking catastrophes from nuclear winter and large magnitude volcanic eruptions. One way to explore this issue further is to understand the impact on islands after the largest historically observed volcanic eruption: that of Mt Tambora in 1815. For each of the 31 large, populated islands selected, we conducted literature searches for relevant historical and palaeoclimate studies. We also analysed results from a reconstruction (EKF400v2), which uses atmospheric-only general circulation model simulations with assimilated observational and proxy data. From the literature review, there was widespread evidence for weather/climate anomalies in 1815-1817 for these islands (29/29 for those w

SUBMITTER: Wilson N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9985606 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature