Bali volcano REVERSE global warming

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INGSOC
PREMO Member
A report from the Washington Post added the eruption could alter the global temperature for months and maybe even years to come.

The last eruption knocked global temperatures down by 0.2 degrees Celsius for a year,

It said: "In the short term, ash particles would cause regional cooling, as the layer of dust prevents some sunlight from reaching the ground.

“In the long term, sulphur dioxide would mix with water droplets in the atmosphere, spread across the globe and reflect sunlight for up to three years. Average global temperature could decrease significantly.”

Alan Robock, an environmental scientist at Rutgers University, explained that once high in the sky, sulphur dioxide reacts with water to produce droplets that can linger for a year or more.

And when sunlight hits these droplets, energy is reflected back into space, depriving Earth of substantial amounts of sunlight and therefore lowering temperatures.


Bali volcano REVERSE global warming: NASA say Mount Agung could plunge earth into ice age
 

3CATSAILOR

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A report from the Washington Post added the eruption could alter the global temperature for months and maybe even years to come.

The last eruption knocked global temperatures down by 0.2 degrees Celsius for a year,

It said: "In the short term, ash particles would cause regional cooling, as the layer of dust prevents some sunlight from reaching the ground.

“In the long term, sulphur dioxide would mix with water droplets in the atmosphere, spread across the globe and reflect sunlight for up to three years. Average global temperature could decrease significantly.”

Alan Robock, an environmental scientist at Rutgers University, explained that once high in the sky, sulphur dioxide reacts with water to produce droplets that can linger for a year or more.

And when sunlight hits these droplets, energy is reflected back into space, depriving Earth of substantial amounts of sunlight and therefore lowering temperatures.


Bali volcano REVERSE global warming: NASA say Mount Agung could plunge earth into ice age

Depending upon the ash between this and other volcanic activity, it could have some impact.
 
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