Sentences with phrase «sulfur dioxide gas into»

According to model simulations, an eruption this large can pump so much sulfur dioxide gas into the stratosphere that the atmosphere does not have the capacity to oxidize all the SO2 to sulfuric acid aerosol.

A classic case: burning fossil fuels releases sulfur dioxide gas into the air, which then turns into sulfuric acid aerosols.

The eruption would likely spout sulfur dioxide gas into the atmosphere where it would trigger global climate cooling.

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The pollution is generally a mixture of gases — such as carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides — and particulate matter, microscopic solids or droplets that can be inhaled into the lungs.

In addition to millions of tons of ash, the force of the eruption threw 55 million tons of sulfur - dioxide gas more than twenty miles into the air, into the stratosphere.

The technique seeks to inject sulfur into the atmosphere to reflect sunlight and offset the warming caused by carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases.

Carbon dioxide and sulfur gases blown extremely high into the atmosphere would have the opposite of a greenhouse effect: surface temperatures plummeting by more than 20 degrees Celsius, or about 40 degrees Fahrenheit.

The new research involves making a more accurate estimate of just how much sulfur and carbon dioxide gas were pumped into our planet's atmosphere following the impact.

The protocol embraces six greenhouse gases, carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide and industrial gases HFCs, PFCs and sulfur hexafluoride (SF6), that are combined in a «basket», so that individual gases are translated into CO2 equivalents, which are then added up to produce a single figure.

When fossil fuels are burned they produce gasses (most significantly carbon dioxide, but others as well, including sulfur dioxide) which are released into, and pollute, the atmosphere.