Sentences with phrase «by huge volcanic eruptions»

Not exact matches

Meanwhile, hydrogen sulfide, which would have been released in huge amounts by volcanic eruptions, would have mostly stayed in the atmosphere, as the molecule is relatively insoluble in water, and therefore would not have had regular opportunities to interact with hydrogen cyanide.

Previous episodes of acidification — possibly caused by CO2 released from huge, sustained volcanic eruptions — had a tremendous ecological impact.

These huge, eerie tunnels were created by lava draining through the landscape following a massive volcanic eruption thousands of years ago, and you can wander through them.

We visit the prehistoric Akrotiri — a Bronze Age settlement destroyed by a huge eruption in the 17th century BC, buried under the volcanic ash, preserving the whole city.

Previously on land, the Liberty was pushed underwater by the eruption's force, which also created huge trenches of volcanic rock on the seabed.

I've sometimes thought that global cataclysms like the largest volcanic eruptions would disrupt the glacial records by many years, like Oruanui eruption c. 26500bp, as these would induce unrecorded behavior in weather and other things, f.e. the huge ash deposits might decrease the albedo so much a local melting event happens.

I'm not predicting huge volcanic eruptions, just cooling, affected mostly by already weak and declining solar activity and continuation of the oscillatory behaviour of the global temperature indices.

Then throw in massive volcanic eruptions and huge continent wide brush fires caused by volcanoes or meteor showers (both theories I have seen in the literature) and you have many events that could cause climate disruption on a large scale.

The principle behind the idea is that high - altitude aerosols would cool the planet's surface by reflecting solar energy back into space, mimicking the effect of huge volcanic eruptions.