The most dangerous volcanoes in the world can be deadly, but they rarely muster up the sheer sound that could burst eardrums. This one did, though. On 27 August 1883, a volcano named Krakatoa, nestled ...
On August 27, 1883, the eruption of Krakatoa in Indonesia produced the loudest sound ever recorded in human history. At 10:02 am, a cataclysmic explosion was heard over 4,800 kilometres away, from ...
Ravindra Jayaratne receives funding from Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF), UK. The August 1883 eruption of Krakatoa was one of the deadliest volcanic explosions in modern history. The volcano, ...
How loud can sound really get? The human ear can safely hear up to around 120 decibels. Beyond that, it starts to hurt. At 150 decibels, eardrums can rupture. But history has witnessed sounds far ...
The Tonga eruption in January was “basically like Krakatoa 2.” This time, geophysicists could explain the tiny tsunamis that cropped up all over the planet, solving a 139-year-old mystery about ...
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