Sentences with phrase «after volcanic eruptions»

The total forcing Q is known through observation to take large drops after volcanic eruptions (from the volcanic aerosols reflecting away the sunlight), with similarly large and fast recoveries.
Regional differences in the observed SST changes after volcanic eruptions are expected, partly because of spatial differences in climate noise.
You need to demonstrate that there is a significant increase in TC activity after volcanic eruptions (I must admit I doubt it).
The rocks in Cappadocia were formed after some volcanic eruptions 2 million years ago.
Kasha - Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument is a geologic wonder, full of towering cone - shaped tent rock formations formed after volcanic eruptions took place six to seven million years ago.
Jakarta, Indonesia (CNN) Authorities have issued the highest - level warning possible after volcanic eruptions from Mount Agung on the Indonesian resort island of Bali forced the closure of the island's main airport and evacuation of thousands of residents living nearby.
Global cooling after volcanic eruptions has been recorded in ice core data and thermometers,: 1809, 1815, 1883, 1980 etc. and others.
Regardless of artistic style, paintings created soon after volcanic eruptions had redder skies than those painted during periods of low volcanic activity, the researchers report online today in Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics.
Acid rain can occur naturally after volcanic eruptions, forest fires and other events that release sulfur dioxide into the atmosphere.
Besides SSCE, scientists have also been investigating stratospheric sulfur injections — firing sun - reflecting aerosols into the air, similar to the cooling effect after a volcanic eruption — and cirrus cloud thinning, where you thin the top level of clouds, which have a warming effect on the planet.
In other words, there seems to be a concrete link between the vibrant colors and the fact that the paintings were created shortly after a volcanic eruption.
The lake was formed after a volcanic eruption, when rocks closed off a river.
Hundreds of passengers are facing travel disruption after a volcanic eruption in Indonesia sent ash clouds over the region, forcing airlines to cancel flights to and from Northern Australia.
Thousands of tourists have been left stranded after a volcanic eruption in Indonesia.
In his recent exhibition at Federica Schiavo Gallery, the artist found inspiration in the caverns located underneath the Naica Mine in Mexico that hold some of the biggest natural crystals known on Earth, and the petrified tree forest on Hawaii Island that formed after a volcanic eruption in 1970.
For instance, when there was «no summer» after a volcanic eruption at about the 4th century CE.
In fact, the rate of change of CO2 levels actually drops slightly after a volcanic eruption, possibly due to the cooling effect of aerosols.
In effect, these particles — whether aerosols or kitchen table salt — could act like natural aerosols that cool the planet after a volcanic eruption.
[Using the GISS record staring in 1991 or 1992 — the cool years just after the volcanic eruption of Mt. Pinatubo]
If you look at the the lower stratospheric temperature, you do see a large positive temperature perturbation immediately after the volcanic eruption (this is expected of course), but rather than returning to the same relatively constant temperature, it shifts to a new, lower temperature operating point.

Not exact matches

Dr Ubide said it was currently very difficult to predict volcanic eruptions — as evidenced by the eruption at Mount Agung in Bali, which started last November after 2 months of precursory earthquakes.
«We have found that the deposition of sulfur compounds in the Antarctic after very large volcanic eruptions in the tropics may be lower than previously thought,» the atmospheric researcher summarizes the findings of the study which has just been published in the current issue of the international «Journal of Geophysical Research — Atmosphere.»
After large volcanic eruptions that pump sulphur dioxide into the atmosphere, such as that of mount Pinatubo in the Philippines in 1991, the planet cools for a year or two.
REYKJAVIK (Reuters)- Iceland lowered its warning code for possible volcanic disruption to the aviation industry to orange from red on Sunday after further analysis of an apparent eruption under a glacier found there had been no eruption after all.
Researchers know that large amounts of aerosols can significantly cool the planet; the effect has been observed after large volcanic eruptions.
«Our results suggest an eruption at the beginning of Yellowstone's most recent volcanic cycle was triggered within 10 months after reheating of a mostly crystallized magma reservoir following a 220,000 - year period of volcanic quiescence,» says Till.
On at least three occasions during the past 7,000 years, the penguin population was similar in magnitude to today, but was almost completely wiped out locally after each of three large volcanic eruptions.
After decades of dueling studies about whether it was an asteroid or volcanic eruptions that did in the dinosaurs, it is apparent that the mineral - deposit evidence is indirect and open to interpretation, even if the scientists advancing the various claims sound pretty sure of themselves.
Hiatuses can also be triggered by volcanic eruptions that eject particles into the air, reflecting sunlight away from Earth, as happened after the eruption of Mount Pinatubo in 1991.
Not until 201 million years ago did dinosaurs begin to dominate worldwide, say Olsen and Irmis — after a mass extinction, caused by volcanic eruptions, wiped out many of their cold - blooded reptile and amphibian competitors.
Not until after a catastrophic chain of volcanic eruptions cooled the Earth and decimated those competitors did dinosaurs become dominant worldwide.
On Sunday, Iceland lowered its warning code for possible volcanic disruption to the aviation industry to orange from red, the highest level on the country's five - point alert system, after concluding that seismic activity had not led to a volcanic eruption under the glacier.
New Zealand scientists mapped the Havre volcano, a caldera nearly three miles (4.5 kilometers) across on the seafloor northeast of the North Island of New Zealand, using shipboard sonar instruments in 2002 and again immediately after the eruption in 2012, revealing the presence of new volcanic material on the seafloor.
Knowing both the physical location and the altitude distribution of aerosols in the volcanic cloud allow more accurate forecasts in the days, weeks and months after an eruption.
The study, published online today in Nature Communications, used sophisticated climate model simulations to show that El Niño tends to peak during the year after large volcanic eruptions like the one at Mount Pinatubo in the Philippines in 1991.
The rock regatta Shortly after the 2006 eruption of an underwater volcano near the Pacific island of Tonga, researchers found a wide variety of organisms hitching a ride on volcanic pumice, Bryan told OurAmazingPlanet.
It's also now well understood that large volcanic eruptions have a short - term cooling effect, see GW FAQ: effect of volcanic activity (short - term being the key phrase, after Church et al Nature 2005, and also http://www.llnl.gov/str/JulAug02/Santer.html)
After the removal from the data set of short periods of temperature perturbation that relate to near - equator volcanic eruption, we use derivatives to document the presence of a 5 - to 7 - month delayed close relationship between SOI and GTTA.
The short - term variations are dominated by ENSO but also can be influenced by large tropical volcanic eruptions (such as occurred in 1963, 1982 and, markedly, 1991), so the years after those eruptions are anomalously cool.
Zooming in on the period after 1970, one sees a record of largely unabated warming, with temperatures increasing steadily accompanied by some short - term variability driven by El Niño and La Niña events, and also by major volcanic eruptions like Pinatubo in 1992.
The Yellowstone caldera is a complex system of rock formations that sprung after a series of volcanic eruptions some 630,000 million years ago.
Archaeological excavations of the ancient city of Pompeii in Italy unearthed perfume - making equipment that had been preserved under volcanic ash after the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in A.D. 79, an eruption which devastated the area.
hi im interested on ur work but i do nt have much budget my name is luther john and i created our very own first princess fairy tale called the last moondancer Princess Luna the lead female protagonist is based on the character of ancient Babaylans before the spaniards discovered the philippines She was adopted by the oldest moondancer in puerto princesa After a cursed volcanic eruption in mt mayon and was trained all her life to become a moondancer but all her life she only dreams of finding this magical pearl which believed to be the tear from the Gods that grants ur wishes Moondancers can heal any kind of sickness when they dance and their powers wer gift from the Goddess of the Moon Mayari
When its construction was finally finished after 75 years or so, the building was covered in a thick layer of ashes from several volcanic eruptions.
Volcanic ash that spread after the eruption on Saturday afternoon resulted in the closure of Ngurah Rai International Airport in Bali and the Lombok airport as well as the cancellation of hundreds of flights.
Volcanic ash has fallen onto a number of villages surrounding Mount Agung in Bali following an eruption at the island's tallest volcano on Tuesday afternoon, less than a month after the alert level was lowered.
After leaving Turtle Town we cruise down the south shore of Maui where our experienced captain gives an informative and historical narration covering celebrity homes, island history and volcanic eruptions.
Rinjani is a volcanic peak that once stood above 5,000 m, but it was reduced to its present altitude (3,726 m) after a few volcanic eruptions.
Soemantoro's lithographs convey her reaction to the various stages of volcanic eruptions, from the initial rumblings and steam explosions, through the massive explosive eruptions of magma, lava flows, and, finally, the silence after the chaos subsides.
The dashed vertical line represents the drop after WWII the solid vertical lines represent major volcanic eruptions.
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