Volcanoes and climate, with Mormons

A fascinating article about the great Tambora eruption of 1815, its effects around the world — including its impact on Joseph Smith and the rise of Mormonism — and what would happen if such a disaster were to happen today:

http://www.economist.com/news/briefing/21647958-two-hundred-years-ago-most-powerful-eruption-modern-history-made-itself-felt-around

I posted an item on this same eruption a few days ago:

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/danpeterson/2015/04/yesterday-was-the-200th-anniversary-of-a-volcanic-eruption-that-changed-world-history.html