Krakatau
Americannoun
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Anak Krakatau, which means “child of Kratakau,” is the offspring of the famous Krakatau, whose monumental eruption in 1883 triggered a period of global cooling.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 10, 2023
As of Friday, four Indonesian volcanoes were at the second-highest alert level, including Anak Krakatau, Merapi in Central Java, Semeru in East Java, and Karangetang in North Sulawesi.
From Reuters • Jun. 9, 2023
Boslough believes shock wave tsunamis may have been triggered by even stronger eruptive explosions, such as the 1883 outburst at Indonesia’s Krakatau volcano, or the most explosive phases of Yellowstone’s megaeruption 2.1 million years ago.
From Science Magazine • Jan. 25, 2022
Some volcanologists drew comparisons to the catastrophic explosion of Krakatau in Indonesia in 1883 and to the most recent huge eruption, of Mount Pinatubo in the Philippines, in 1991.
From New York Times • Jan. 19, 2022
Krakatau shows us an earlier stage and how by simple agencies, continually at work, that stock might be supplied.
From Darwin and Modern Science by Seward, A. C. (Albert Charles)
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