Phrases with «volcanic cooling»

“Volcanic cooling” refers to a cooling effect on the Earth's climate caused by volcanic eruptions. When a volcano erupts, it releases large amounts of gases and particles into the atmosphere. These particles reflect some of the sunlight back into space, preventing it from reaching the Earth's surface and causing a temporary drop in temperature. Full definition

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Sentences with «volcanic cooling»

This cooling was from the same root cause as volcanic cooling, namely aerosols (mostly sulfate aerosols) in the atmosphere. (tamino.wordpress.com)
Hence, high latitude trees may in fact over estimate volcanic cooling. (realclimate.org)
As we emphasized in the first paragraph of our original paper (and again in the comment), we find that the only place where there is in fact an obvious mismatch is w.r.t the large volcanic cooling episodes. (realclimate.org)
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Phrases with «volcanic cooling»

Sentences with «volcanic cooling»

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