Sentences with phrase «atmosphere during volcanic eruptions»

Because of the high temperature in the inner parts of Earth's mantle, the CO2 is released back into the atmosphere during volcanic eruptions.

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Volcanoes can — and do — influence the global climate over time periods of a few years but this is achieved through the injection of sulfate aerosols into the high reaches of the atmosphere during the very large volcanic eruptions that occur sporadically each century.

Volcanoes can — and do — influence the global climate over time periods of a few years but this is achieved through the injection of sulfate aerosols into the high reaches of the atmosphere during the very large volcanic eruptions that occur sporadically each century.

All the CO2 in the atmosphere has been created by outgassing from the Earth's core during massive volcanic eruptions.

Lower temperatures = less melting = more ice = lower temperatures, on and on and until factors # 1 and # 2 rescue us from turning into a giant snowball (or, during the most extreme ice age, a spate of volcanic eruptions eventually helped belch out enough carbon dioxide to warm the atmosphere and reset the thermostat.)