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Discussion in 'Too Hot for Swamp Gas' started by Gatorhead, Jun 22, 2023.

  1. gatorpa

    gatorpa GC Hall of Fame

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    Yeah I saw a post somewhere earlier today mentioning volcanoes increasing global warming.

    Everything I’ve ever read shows it actually causes cooling. Hence the little Ice age in the middle ages after a big one blew(don’t recall the name. As well as after Krakatoa blew causing the year without a summer in the NE US and Europe.

    You also get large amounts of Sulfur Dioxide which blocks sunlight at higher altitudes.
     
  2. G8trGr8t

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    Water vapor vs particulates that reflect heat. Most studies said the water vaper was responsible for warming from last one but that study said different. Which means warming will accelerate as the cooling impacts of the volcano fade
     
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  3. l_boy

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    My crude understanding is that water vapor content is primarily driven by temperature. The higher the temperature the more water vapor. The water vapor magnified the warming impact of the source, such as CO2.

    Given that if volcanic activity particulates causes cooling as per my understanding I’m not sure how that would increase water vapor. When the particulates leave the atmosphere then it gets warmer, at which point water vapor would increase, which would cause more warming.
     
  4. G8trGr8t

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    The underwater explosion threw trillions of gallons of water into atmosphere