[betraaaus]

Here's some more Global Warming for us:

Philippines volcano eruption likely soon - CNN.com



Philippine authorities on Sunday raised the alert status of the country's most active volcano to level 4 and established an extended danger zone around it, saying an eruption is imminent.

The status change at the Mayon volcano "means that a hazardous explosive eruption is possible within days," according to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology.

More than 30,000 people fled their homes last week ahead of an expected eruption, and authorities were attempting to evacuate about 50,000 people living around the 8,077-foot volcano.

[halfstreet]

A major volcanic eruption would go a long way toward showing how quickly and drastically global climate can change.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Year_Without_a_Summer

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1883_er...Global_climate

[skupaemauto]

He needs to cover and sink the pit....

[betraaaus]

YouTube - Philippines volcano activity intensifies - 24 Dec 09

[betraaaus]

Well they lower it to level 2, and people can go back home after being away for a month:

Mayon evacuation cost Albay P26M in damages - Regions - GMANews.TV - Official Website of GMA News and Public Affairs - Latest Philippine News

[Hammaduersnes]

Here's some more Global Warming for us:

Philippines volcano eruption likely soon - CNN.com

Actually a volcanic eruption (a big one) would cool down the earth.

In SUPERFREAKNOMICS, less statistics than their first book, but just as interesting, they take on global warming in a chapter, one of the things discussed is on volcanic eruption, nice read.

[lapyignipinge]

Actually a volcanic eruption (a big one) would cool down the earth.

In SUPERFREAKNOMICS, less statistics than their first book, but just as interesting, they take on global warming in a chapter, one of the things discussed is on volcanic eruption, nice read.

Remember the possibility of a nuclear winter, same thing but different cause.

[mv37afnr]

Actually a volcanic eruption (a big one) would cool down the earth.

In SUPERFREAKNOMICS, less statistics than their first book, but just as interesting, they take on global warming in a chapter, one of the things discussed is on volcanic eruption, nice read.

Of course, hoping for a volcanic eruption to slow global warming is roughly the equivalent of hoping to lose one of your legs in an auto accident as a strategy for losing weight. It is highly effective in the short term, but offers mid-term inconveniences, and does nothing to stop the problem in the long run.

[Hammaduersnes]

Of course, hoping for a volcanic eruption to slow global warming is roughly the equivalent of hoping to lose one of your legs in an auto accident as a strategy for losing weight. It is highly effective in the short term, but offers mid-term inconveniences, and does nothing to stop the problem in the long run.

I just said that noting the OP mentioned "Here's some more Global Warming for us:" when it's in fact quite the contrary.

That's it.

Nobody is (at least not me) "hoping for a volcanic eruption to slow global warming" as you mentioned, now, since you bring that up, apparently, there's also a way to obtain the same results from a volcanic eruption, without the need to annihilate every living organism near said volcano, and no mid or long terms problems:


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[mv37afnr]

I just said that noting the OP mentioned "Here's some more Global Warming for us:" when it's in fact quite the contrary.

That's it.

Nobody is (at least not me) "hoping for a volcanic eruption to slow global warming" as you mentioned, now, since you bring that up, apparently, there's also a way to obtain the same results from a volcanic eruption, without the need to annihilate every living organism near said volcano, and no mid or long terms problems:


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No need to be touchy. I wasn't jumping down your throat - merely being flippant.

[PRengin]

Of course, hoping for a volcanic eruption to slow global warming is roughly the equivalent of hoping to lose one of your legs in an auto accident as a strategy for losing weight. It is highly effective in the short term, but offers mid-term inconveniences, and does nothing to stop the problem in the long run.

Off the cuff, I would imagine that the sudden cooling would lead to an increased burning of fossil fuels for heating, thus exacerbating the problem.

[Hammaduersnes]

No need to be touchy. I wasn't jumping down your throat - merely being flippant.

gotcha.

I just took the opportunity to link that info, quite interesting.

[mv37afnr]

Off the cuff, I would imagine that the sudden cooling would lead to an increased burning of fossil fuels for heating, thus exacerbating the problem.

Volcanoes also release a huge amount of greenhouse gas into the atmosphere (though any given volcano generates just a fraction of the CO2 that humans do in a year). The cooling effect of the ash is temporary, but the gases would remain in the atmosphere for quite a long time.

[VotsUtegems]

Volcanoes and Climate : Weather Underground