International team of scientists published
results of the study which lays responsibility of recent climate change slow
down on volcanic eruptions, whose particles it has found reflect twice as much
solar radiation as previously believed, serving to temporarily cool the planet
in the face of rising CO2 emissions. Combining and analyzing data from the two
sources led the scientists to conclude that, while the impact of volcanic
eruptions was small between 1999 and 2002, between 2005 and 2012 they had a big
influence.
They point to three eruptions in particular: Kasatochi, USA in
August of 2008, Sarychev, Russia in June of 2009 and Nabro, Eritrea in June of
2011. They say that each belched out more than one megaton of sulfur dioxide
into the atmosphere, where it converts into sulfur particles. Read more at www.gizmag.com
