Not exact matches
So the report notes that the current «pause» in
new global average temperature records since 1998 — a year that saw the second strongest El Nino on record and shattered warming records — does not reflect the long - term trend and may be explained by the oceans absorbing the majority of the extra heat trapped by greenhouse
gases as well as the cooling contributions of
volcanic eruptions.
New research by Alberto Saal and colleagues suggests that carbon monoxide was the
volcanic gas that drove lunar fire fountains.
The
new NASA study calculated just how much of those
gases this
volcanic activity would have created.
These phenomena — sun spots, a slightly different earth orbit, a decrease in
volcanic activity — intermittently warmed the region through increased radiative forcing, and recently have been joined by a
new force: greenhouse
gases.
The
newest phase of Kilauea volcano's ongoing eruption has opened as many as 20
new fissures on Hawaii's Big Island over the past two weeks, spewing lava and
volcanic gases, forcing the evacuation of nearly 2,000 residents, and destroying dozens of homes near the town of Pahoa.