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Volcanoes, eruptions and how to read the map
April 6, 2026 How Volcanoes Change the Climate Big eruptions cool the planet for a year or two by loading the stratosphere with sulfur. What that looks like in the temperature record, and why volcanic CO₂ is a rounding error next to human emissions. March 23, 2026 How Eruption Forecasting Works Volcanoes usually give warning because magma has to move before it erupts. What the warning signs are, how observatories use them, and where forecasting still fails. March 9, 2026 Tambora and the Year Without a Summer The largest eruption in recorded history killed tens of thousands directly and then, on the far side of the world, wrecked the summer of 1816. How one volcano cooled the planet. February 23, 2026 The Main Types of Volcano Shield volcanoes, stratovolcanoes, calderas, cinder cones and fissure fields — what makes each shape, and why the magma decides. February 9, 2026 The Ring of Fire Three-quarters of the world’s land volcanoes sit in a horseshoe around the Pacific Ocean. Here is what the Ring of Fire is, why it exists, and how to see it on the map. No articles match your search.