# The colossal consequences of supervolcanoes

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED-Ed
- Speaker: Alex Gendler
- Year: 2014
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Teaching and learning
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/alex_gendler_the_colossal_consequences_of_supervolcanoes)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

In 1816, Europe and North America were plagued by heavy rains, odd-colored snow, famines, strange fogs and very cold weather well into June. Though many people believed it to be the apocalypse, this “year without a summer” was actually the result of a supervolcano eruption that happened one year earlier over 1,000 miles away. Alex Gendler describes the history and science of these epic eruptions. \[Directed by Andrew Foerster, narrated by Addison Anderson\].

## Lectures

1. [The colossal consequences of supervolcanoes](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/alex_gendler_the_colossal_consequences_of_supervolcanoes/2010c6ca0351), 5 min (TED's player)