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We don’t often use volcanoes and climate in the same sentence. But big eruptions affect climate worldwide.

Example? Indonesia’s Mt. Tambora explodes in 1815. The next summer, frost kills crops in New England. Famine kills hundreds of thousands in Europe. Tambora's cooling effect means 1816 earns the tag "

 and Mexico are getting climate scientists’ attention. You can follow the 

I asked Rutgers University environmental sciences professor Alan Robock if this week’s eruptions are big enough to impact climate?

 that the credit rating agency Moody’s is telling cities to prepare for climate change, or risk 

The report evaluates cities economic risk to hurricanes and extreme-weather damage, and the number of homes in flood zones.The riskiest states for our 21

century climate? You guessed it. Texas and Florida.

The growing cost of climate change, coming to a city near you.

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Climate scientists are on alert for a bigger eruption.

Rutgers University Environmental Sciences Professor Alan Robock talked about this week's eruptions from Indonesia's Mt. Agung and if they are big enough to impact climate.

Climate Cast: A climate-scale eruption ahead for Indonesia's Mt. Agung?

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A climate-scale eruption ahead for Indonesia’s Mt. Agung?

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