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Lessons
of Tambora ignored—200 years on from the world’s greatest modern eruption
Amidst commemorations of the Gallipoli landing, we have almost completely ignored the bicentenary of another disaster more important for the planet and perhaps even for humanity—the eruption on 10 April 1815 of Tambora Mountain in southeastern Indonesia.
Amidst commemorations of the Gallipoli landing, we have almost completely ignored the bicentenary of another disaster more important for the planet and perhaps even for humanity—the eruption on 10 April 1815 of Tambora Mountain in southeastern Indonesia.
Allan Sharp
Editor
Asian Currents
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