Sentences with phrase «effects of volcanic eruptions»
University of Alabama - Huntsville climate scientists John Christy and Richard McNider found that by removing the climate effects of volcanic eruptions early on in the satellite temperature record showed virtually no change in the rate of warming since the early 1990s.
cfact.org
For example, the accumulated effect of volcanic eruptions during the past decade, including the Icelandic volcano with the impossible name, Eyjafjallajökull, may have had a greater cooling effect on the earth's surface than has been accounted for in most climate model simulations.
For example, the accumulated effect of volcanic eruptions during the past decade, including the Icelandic volcano with the impossible name, Eyjafjallajökull, may have had a greater cooling effect on the earth's surface than has been accounted for in most climate model simulations.
The atmospheric effects of volcanic eruptions were confirmed by the 1991 eruption of Mount Pinatubo, in the Philippines.
Students will discover how the earth is affected by the weather, learn to describe weather, and explore the sources and long - term effects of volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, landslides, and erosion.
A new reconstruction of Antarctic ocean temperatures around the time the dinosaurs disappeared 66 million years ago supports the idea that one of the planet's biggest mass extinctions was due to the combined effects of volcanic eruptions and an asteroid impact.
But the simulations also reveal that the technique, which mimics the short - term cooling effects of volcanic eruptions, could chill the planet if overdone.
In a bid to restore lost fish abundance, the Haida Salmon Restoration Corp. (HSRC) undertook to mimic the effects of a volcanic eruption by fertilizing the ocean with iron.
In this case, researchers are attempting to re-create the effects of volcanic eruptions to artificially cool Earth.
In addition to forecasting the weather, the authors hope that these insights will lead to improved models for global warming, ozone depletion and the effects of volcanic eruptions.
The team also showed for the first time that this recovery has slowed somewhat at times, due to the effects of volcanic eruptions from year to year.
They used climate simulations to estimate the effects of volcanic eruptions on summer monsoon rainfall in the Ethiopian highlands.
New UBC research shows that climate change may impede the cooling effect of volcanic eruptions.
They used climate models to test whether the observed changes in sea - level pressure could be explained away by the effects of volcanic eruptions, changes in the intensity of the sun and changes in greenhouse gases and other forms of air pollution.
The effects of the volcanic eruption that took place in 1963 are still evident along the lower slopes.
In fact, climate models are tested against historic trends, both near history and distant history, and then tested against specific events, such as the effects of volcanic eruption.
The $ 20m (# 16m) Harvard University project will launch within weeks and aims to establish whether the technology can safely simulate the atmospheric cooling effects of a volcanic eruption, if a last ditch bid to halt climate change is one day needed.
Second, the paper clearly finds there would be an acceleration in the satellite record if not for the effect of a volcanic eruption close to the start of the satellite record.
New UBC research shows that climate change may impede the cooling effect of volcanic eruptions.
For instance, researchers have found that climate models underestimated the cooling effect of volcanic eruption and overestimated the heating from solar radiation at the beginning of the twenty - first century.
«Because the effects of volcanic eruptions and of ENSO are very short - term and that of solar variability very small, none of these factors can be expected to exert a significant influence on the continuation of global warming over the coming decades.
The concept largely focuses on the idea of dispersing chemicals such as sulfates high in the atmosphere so they could reflect sunlight in a manner that would mimic the effect of volcanic eruption.