Sentences with phrase «volcanic ash into»

Indonesia's Volcano Observatory Notice for Aviation raised its aviation colour code from orange to red, indicating a further eruption with significant emission of volcanic ash into the atmosphere was imminent.

The massive Death Cloud from the Yellowstone explosion sends volcanic ash into the jet stream, which then begins to carry the heavy ash south across Wyoming, over Denver until it catches up with a low pressure system advancing across Texas.

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The ice was later covered with volcanic ash, preventing it from sublimating away into the thin atmosphere.

The eruption at the Puyehue - Cordón Caulle Volcanic Complex, a chain of volcanoes in Chile, spewed ash clouds up to 45,000 feet into the air in early June.

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.

In 1815, the Indonesian volcano Tambora propelled more ash and volcanic gases into the atmosphere than any other eruption in history and resulted in significant atmospheric cooling on a global scale, much like Krakatau a few decades later.

Geologists measure eruptions by the Volcanic Explosivity Index, which uses whole numbers from 0 to 8 to rate the relative amount of ash, dust, and sulphur a volcano throws into the atmosphere.

Chemical analysis showed that the ash was volcanic fallout from the Thera eruption, but instead of resting in neat layers, the ash had washed into peculiar places: a broken, upside - down pot; the courtyard's drain; and one long, continuous film in the main street outside.

The Indonesian supervolcano Toba had one of these eruptions about 73000 years ago, when 2800 cubic kilometers of volcanic ash was ejected into the atmosphere and rained down and covered enormous areas in Indonesia and India.

More than 2000 times as massive as the blast that ripped open Mount St. Helens in 1980, the Indonesian «super-volcano» Toba ejected millions of metric tons of volcanic ash, sulfur, and other debris into the atmosphere 74,000 years ago.

The airport was closed for 24 hours from Monday morning, disrupting 445 flights and some 59,000 passengers, after Mount Agung, which killed hundreds of people in 1963, sent volcanic ash high into the sky, and officials said cancellations could be extended.

I won't argue that our added gases may contribute to the warming to some very, very small degree, but keep in mind, the ash plume from a good volcanic eruption such as the last big Pinatubo eruption eclipses into insignificants the amount of pollutants added to the atmosphere by human activity.

Volcanic eruptions on Earth usually send hot lava, hot gases or ash into the air and across surrounding land.

Minerals, such as the silica in volcanic ash, seep into the tree and fill in tiny pores in wood's cells.

Bentonite clay is volcanic ash that found its way into the vast oceans.

When volcanic eruptions happen, the ashes of the same goes into the ocean.

Three separate volcanic surges forced a cloud of smoke, steam, and volcanic ash 4.7 miles into the air, according to Quartz.

Many of the international airlines which service Bali have been forced to cancel flights into and out of Bali due to the high level of volcanic ash in the skies over and surrounding Bali.

Off - site galleries offered strong artist - is - present showings: at Central Fine on Normandy Drive, airbrushed paintings by Hubert Bush; at Emerson Dorsch, Back On Earth, hatched by Miami locals, Hugo Montoya and Brandon Opalka; at Locust Projects Daniel Arsham's fierce intervention into the gallery floor, 25 feet wide and up to 3 feet deep, filled with artefacts from the recent past (a bashed - up guitar, a push - button telephone, radios, blown tyres — painstakingly recreated in concentric circles of volcanic ash, crystal and steel, and all sourced from eBay.

I won't argue that our added gases may contribute to the warming to some very, very small degree, but keep in mind, the ash plume from a good volcanic eruption such as the last big Pinatubo eruption eclipses into insignificants the amount of pollutants added to the atmosphere by human activity.

Two major volcanoes — El Chichon in 1982 and Pinatubo in 1991 — caused global average temperature to dip as a result of volcanic ash, soot and debris reflecting sunlight back into space.

The presence of volcanic ash, dust, and aerosols in the air increase the amount of solar radiation that is reflected back into space.

12 * ICE AGES: More elliptical orbit causes less sunlight to reach Earth — results in ice ages (100,000 yr cycles) * VOLCANIC ACTIVITY: Release ash and aerosols into the atmosphere Reflects sun rays causing cooler temps * SOLAR ENERGY: Cause short term changes Less solar energy can cause small ice ages

Scientists have considered a number of theories: small differences in solar radiation; volcanic eruptions that spewed sun - blocking ash and gases into the atmosphere; or pollution from factories, power plants, and tailpipes, particularly in Asia.

Previous pauses in temperature rise in 1982 and 1991 were attributed to the ash and sulfur aerosols spewed into the atmosphere by the volcanic eruptions of El Chichón in Mexico and Pinatubo in the Philippines, respectively.

If volcanic activity continues to increase, and there is an eruption big enough to send millions of tons of ash and dust into the upper layers of the atmosphere, then the Earth's temperature would likely drop at least a degree or two from present levels.

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• The presence of volcanic aerosols (ash, dust, and sulfur - based aerosols) in the air increases the amount of solar radiation that is reflected back into space.

Olgun, N. et al. (2011) Surface ocean iron fertilization: The role of airborne volcanic ash from subduction zone and hot spot volcanoes and related iron flues into the Pacific Ocean.