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This man predicted the deadliest eruption in history hours before it happened

A journalist described a catastrophic volcanic eruption before any official reports existed. Hours later, Krakatoa exploded ...

Think Again: The loudest sound ever recorded wasn’t from any nuclear blast – it was heard 3,000 miles away and circled Earth four times

The loudest sound ever heard came from a natural event. The 1883 Krakatoa volcanic eruption in Indonesia registered an ...
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The year Canada didn’t have a summer

The fascinating story of how a natural disaster on the other side of the world made the summer of 1816 Canada’s coldest on record. The post The Year Canada Didn’t Have a Summer appeared first on ...
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It ruptured the eardrums of sailors, was heard thousands of miles away and the pressure wave circled the Earth

The loudest recorded noise on Earth is often cited as the 1883 eruption of Krakatau – a volcanic island in the Sunda Strait, ...

Untold History: The plan to use a nuclear blast to create a WA port

See the breathtakingly simple idea to use big explosions to blow up a big chunk of ocean floor to create a big harbour in ...