Sentences with phrase «possibility of a volcanic eruption»

The real possibility of a volcanic eruption in Auckland for example could slash values over night.

The local authorities have indicated that both Mount Agung and Mount Sinabung continue to show signs of volcanic activity and the possibility of volcanic eruptions remains.

One of the things I'm having trouble with is the uncertainties of aerosals and their effects on cooling, or the possibility of volcanic eruptions producing particles that result in cooling.

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One possibility is that the eruption column of hot volcanic ash, gas and rock fragments now extending into the sky above the summit could collapse into what's called a pyroclastic flow and race down the flanks of the mountain.

If you live in the Pacific Northwest you know in the back of your mind that volcanic eruption is a small possibility.

Based on geological modelling, Syahbana explained, seismologists point to the possibility of Mount Agung erupting at VEI3, or a volcanic explosivity index of three, with an opening eruption height of more than six miles (10 km).

At CEC14, Bjørn Samset presented modelling which suggested the possibility of deploying short - lived greenhouse gases, such as forms of HFC, to counter the effects of a large volcanic eruption.

«The possibility of another [volcanic eruption like] Katla or Laki reminds us of the need to prepare for dangerous climate change of the natural as well as the man - made variety.

The possibility is examined that the response of climate to major volcanic eruptions may provide a test of the climate system's amplification.

But what concerns Professor Haywood and others is not the random nature of volcanic eruption — difficult to predict and impossible to prevent — but the possibility of deliberate injection of aerosols into the stratosphere to moderate global warming.