Sentences with phrase «spate of 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.)

The end - Triassic extinction has been linked to a spate of volcanic eruptions around the birth of the central Atlantic Ocean.

Not exact matches

What if the sun goes cool, or we have a spate of major volcanic eruptions: would we be able to isolate the contribution from the reduced CO2 emissions?

For one, a spate of sky - darkening volcanic eruptions that had triggered a period of increased sea ice which reflected sunlight from the North Atlantic region.