Sentences with phrase «volcanic activity over»

The marked lack of volcanic activity over the last 20 years was irrelevant.

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Over a long enough time scale, warmer temperatures mean increased volcanic activity, according to new research

«Changes in tectonic activity may have shaped composition of Panama Canal rocks: Volcanic rock formations indicate a transition from water - bearing to dry, hot magmas over time.»

Scientists now think that massive volcanic activity, in a Large Igneous Province called the Siberian Traps, raised air and sea temperatures and released toxic amounts of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere over a very short period of time.

The tilt was caused by the gigantic Tharsis volcanic dome, which first started to form over 3.7 billion years ago at a latitude of around 20 ° N. Volcanic activity continued for several hundred million years, forming a plateau exceeding 5,000 km in diameter, with a thickness of about 12 km and a mass of a billion billion tons (1 / 70th the mass of thvolcanic dome, which first started to form over 3.7 billion years ago at a latitude of around 20 ° N. Volcanic activity continued for several hundred million years, forming a plateau exceeding 5,000 km in diameter, with a thickness of about 12 km and a mass of a billion billion tons (1 / 70th the mass of thVolcanic activity continued for several hundred million years, forming a plateau exceeding 5,000 km in diameter, with a thickness of about 12 km and a mass of a billion billion tons (1 / 70th the mass of the Moon).

Over time, Venus» water has been lost to space, but there might still be volcanic activity.

Geoengineering activities are mimicked in the models by modifying the volcanic aerosol radiative inputs, applied as variations in stratospheric optical depth over four zonal bands bounded by the equator, 30degreesN and 30degreesS.

Over the last 30 years of direct satellite observation of the Earth's climate, many natural influences including orbital variations, solar and volcanic activity, and oceanic conditions like El Nino (ENSO) and the Pacific Decadal Oscillation (PDO) have either had no effect or promoted cooling conditions.

``... While [ozone depleting substance] ODS levels remain high, a large stratospheric sulfuric aerosol enhancement due to a major volcanic eruption or geoengineering activities would result in a substantial chemical depletion of ozone over much of the globe.»

«Since the giant sodium nebula that they create varies over periods of months to years, the source of the variability is probably not the symmetrical sputtering cloud, but the streaming - wake source that waxes and wanes with volcanic activity on Io,» explained Jody Wilson, CSP senior research associate and a study co-author.

A new study in the April 22 edition of Science reveals that volcanic activity associated with the plate - tectonic movement of continents may be responsible for climatic shifts from hot to cold over tens and hundreds of millions of years throughout much of Earth's history.

There are over 150 beaches on the island ranging from fine, white sand to black volcanic rock from volcanic activity ranging back thousands of years.

Scientists say Mount Agung's volcanic activity could escalate further over the coming days, meaning planes could stay grounded with thousands unable to fly in or out of Bali.

On September 29th, despite nothing but increased volcanic activity, the director had the audacity to call for the volcano alert level to be lowered, due to concerns about tourism to Bali over the Christmas holidays.

People travel from all over the world to witness the land that is still very much alive with volcanic activity.

The Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazards (PVMBG) flew a drone over Mount Agung's crater in Bali on Thursday to analyze ash clouds and volcanic activity after the volcano erupted on Tuesday.

Our expert helicopter guides tell you everything you'd like to know about the volcanoes and fly you over some of the best spots to see the volcanic activity.

In the case of extraordinary volcanic activity, the stroll over the Poas volcano's boulders will take place on the Arenal volcano instead.

a solar maximum, volcanic activity etc to push it over the edge (the point of no return)- result... end of life.

Volcanic activity wiggles up and down and causes temperature to wiggle up and down a little bit over time.

A statistical model (based on the work of Judith Lean at the Naval Research Laboratory) that accounts for solar variability, El Niño, volcanic activity, and greenhouse warming indicates that the underlying trend of global warming has accelerated over the past 15 years.

Over geological times, volcanic activity continues to add CO2 to the atmosphere, increasing the greenhouse effect, but the ice reduces the scrubbing action of the oceans, allowing CO2 to accumulate.

This proved that the increased CO2 concentration over the last century was due to fossil fuel combustion, not volcanic activity or an other source.

Tuerqas, show me a study — any study — that shows Antarctic volcanic activity increasing over the past fifty years.

In short, a lack of volcanic activity had some part in temperature rise over the first half of the 20th century.

Volcanic activity proceeds over the decades at a level of only about 1 percent of industrial CO2 emissions, and even major eruptions observed during the past century have changed atmospheric CO2 trends only minimally and transiently.

This will vary from time to time due to changes in volcanic activity, but over millions of years, CO2 will fluctuate around an equilibrium value.

I belive it is quite possible that a combination of low solar activity and high volcanic activity could push the world over the edge.

Geothermal areas are categorised as low - and high - temperature fields, where high - temperature fields have temperatures over 180 °C and are found around tectonic plate boundaries where volcanic activity is high.

Furthermore, based on a well - known solar activity forecast (Abdussamatov 2015) and specific assumptions on the other natural explanatory variables (i.e., volcanic and oceanic / ENSO activity), this new Research Report also provides a long - term forecast that UAH TLT temperatures are very likely to exhibit a declining trend over the period through 2026 at the least.

The authors found that consistent with previous research, changes in solar and volcanic activity, land cover, and incoming solar radiation due to the Earth's orbital cycles were the main contributors to the cooling between the MWP and LIA (the years 900 — 1600), and probably also caused the cooling over the full 2,000 - year period.

The theory is debated if volcanic activity, over such a long time, could alter the climate enough to kill off 95 % of life on Earth.

Compared with natural factors that influence climate (including solar variation and volcanic eruptions), human activities — primarily burning fossil fuels and deforestation — have been a major contributor to climate change over the last 50 years.

The Moon hasn't had volcanic activity [other than minor out gassing - which is not what I mean by volcanic activity] for over a billion years.

I always believed that the oceans were an important element in localised weather conditions over the short term but feel that relatively sudden shifts in climate occur through external forcings such as volcanic eruptions, meteor strike and the effects of changes in cosmic rays and sun spot activity, which are, unfortunately, all chaotic by nature and unpredictable.

This rapid warming is consistent with the scientific understanding of how the climate should respond to a rapid increase in greenhouse gases like that which has occurred over the past century, and the warming is inconsistent with the scientific understanding of how the climate should respond to natural external factors such as variability in solar output and volcanic activity.

Lewis and Curry gave an estimate of TCR based on changes from 1930 — 50 to 1995 — 2011, periods that were well matched for mean volcanic activity and AMO state, and which delineate a period over which forcing approximated a 70 years ramp.

CO2 in the atmosphere is influenced by temperature, acidity of the oceans, ocean water turn - over, human emissions, plant growth, volcanic activity.....

It is a simple discrepancy which must be laid to rest, or there is no way to conclude anything about the system: how were CO2 levels maintained in a tight range over centuries, given all the random influx and egress from volcanic activity, environmental perturbations, deforestation, desertification, fossilization, agricultural trends, wars, oceanic turnover, continental drift, weathering of minerals, fires, floods, etc..., if there is not a fairly strong feedback holding them in place?

Definitely yes, at some point in the future (billions of years), something not experienced on Earth will be affecting the climate, but over the relatively shorter - term, the same physical mechanisms control the climate, just playing on variations on the combinations, timing, and intensity of those mechanisms: namely: Milankovitch cycles, GHG concentrations, ocean cycles, hydrological cycle, volcanic activity, solar cycles, biosphere interactions, location of continents, etc..

Over the next decade, changes in climate are expected to be due to a combination of anthropogenic changes in atmospheric greenhouse - gas and aerosol concentrations; natural variations in volcanic and solar activity, and natural, unforced internal variability.

Figure 4 shows that changes in several external forcings over the ETCW could be important, such as: a greenhouse gas increase, a small change in solar irradiance, and a reduction in stratospheric aerosols associated with reduced volcanic activity.

Tectonic and volcanic activity was low in the Canterbury Basin over the past several million years20; the sediments are devoid of diagenesis, and evidence for gravity flows is rare22.