The Year Without a Summer

Frankenstein, Yunnan, and the Opium Trade

The Year Without a Summer inspired authors from England to Southwestern China. But horrific famines would also compel farmers to turn to a lucrative…

Aug 17 •

The Year Without a Summer

Mount Tambora's 1815 eruption was the largest volcanic event in recorded history, with broad implications for the global climate, agriculture, the arts…

Aug 10 •

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