Deadliest Volcanoes: 200 Years After Tambora

Author Biography

John Kerr maintained his childhood fascination in the things that shake and break the land, through his university studies in earth science, to the present day. The growth in what humans know about volcanism - its past, present and ominous future - seems to him to be one of the great unsung endeavours of the last half century. He once lived in Rotorua, New Zealand. Today, volcanologists know that region as The Taupo Volcanic Zone, the last supervolcano to blow and perhaps the next one too. He now lives in Melbourne, which has proved volcanically boring - so far.