Sentences with phrase «small volcanic eruptions»

Some research has tied it to a series of small volcanic eruptions around the globe while other findings have linked it to the changes in winds and ocean circulation.

Small volcanic eruptions account for part of the global warming slowdown since 2000, a new study suggests.

Possible explanations advanced for the slowdown include the effect of small volcanic eruptions, the absorption of extra heat by the oceanic depths and the juxtaposition of two natural ocean cycles.

There have been plenty of smaller volcanic eruptions in recent years, such as the continuously erupting Soufriere Hills on Montserrat and Tavurvur on Papua New Guinea, which may have exploded enough SO2 into the atmosphere.

The contribution, about 15 percent of aerosols in total, was similar to the «sum of small volcanic eruptions between 2000 and 2015.»

Greenhouse theorists appear to be on the defensive as they offer different explanations for the letup — that deep ocean water may be draining some warmth from the atmosphere, that increases in high - altitude water vapor may be responsible or that numerous small volcanic eruptions are the cause.

Restored to blondeness, Stone played the uncharacteristically abrasive part of the wounded, resentful daughter in Birdman, a small volcanic eruption that earned her an Academy Award nomination for best supporting actress.

For example, a recent slowing in the rate of surface air temperature rise appears to be related to cyclic changes in the oceans and in the sun's energy output, as well as a series of small volcanic eruptions and other factors.

However, over the early 2000s human - caused warming was masked by a cooling influence from internal variability combined with cooling from a sequence of small volcanic eruptions.

And there was a smaller volcanic eruption a decade or so before my starting 1871 - 1880 period, which would have had perhaps 25 % -30 % as much effect during that decade.

While a smaller volcanic eruption was factored in in 1995, it was nothing near the size of the impact of Pinatubo, either in magnitude of negative forcing or duration.