When Summer Never Came: The Global Chill After Mount Tambora’s Cataclysm
— April 28, 2026In 1816, much of the world experienced a year so strange and unsettling that…

It’s not unusual to hear about birds that migrate long distances, but considering the size of the Calliope Hummingbird (about 3 inches long) and the fact that it can migrate about 2,500 miles, it’s a pretty impressive feat. These tiny birds only weight about as much as a penny, and are though to be the smallest long-distance migrating bird in the world.
In 1816, much of the world experienced a year so strange and unsettling that…
On a chilly November morning in 1970, a 45-foot, eight-ton sperm whale washed ashore…
In the rolling hills of Bath County, Kentucky, an ordinary spring day in 1876…
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