At the time, researchers noted that comparisons to the famed 1883 explosion of Indonesia's Krakatoa volcano put the Tonga blast in the running for the largest explosion ever recorded by modern ...

Researchers have examined satellite images of Anak Krakatau to calculate the amount of rock and ash that sheared off into the sea. They say the volcano has lost more than two-thirds of its height ...

Mount Pelée (1902) Death toll: 30,000 It’s considered the worst volcanic disaster of the 20th century. Krakatoa (1883) Death toll: 36,000 The eruption cast so much dust into the atmosphere ...

Scientists have produced a new model to illustrate the December collapse of Indonesia's Anak Krakatau volcano and its subsequent tsunami. The results indicate that 0.2-0.4 cu km of material on the ...

Krakatoa's violent 1883 eruption and Anak Krakatau's frequent ... massive tsunamis that killed more than 36,000 people. The volcano’s active child, Anak Krakatau, continues to pose a significant ...

S. plicata was among the first plants to recolonize the land around Mt. Krakatoa after this mighty volcano exploded in 1883 and decimated the Indonesian island of Krakatau.