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How One Volcano Took a Summer Away in 1816 (Episode 8 Short)
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Mount Tambora erupted in April 1815, and NOAA says Northern Hemisphere temperatures fell about 1 degree Fahrenheit. A May frost in 1816 killed most crops across four northeastern states, and NOAA counts more than 100,000 deaths from the food shortages that followed. Harvests are still that fragile, and Russia's 2010 wheat export ban proved it again. Photographs are courtesy of NASA and the…