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Yes. Explosive volcanic eruptions release sulfur dioxide into the atmopshere. This gas forms tiny droplets of sulfuric acid in the upper atmosphere, which reflect some of the sun's warming rays back into space.

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How do large scale volcanic eruptions cause global temperature decrease?

ash arises making the sun blocked and the temperatures be effected


Can Global Warming trigger Volcanic Activity?

No, global warming should not have any influence on volcanoes.


Why does global warming decrease temperatures?

True global warming does not decrease temperatures. So, either the model for global warming's effects is hokus-pokus, or global warming as presently claimed, does not exist. Some global warming followers will have you believe that global warming makes the weather "act crazy". If true, then it is not really global warming, is it.


A decrease in the amount of greenhouse gases in Earth's atmosphere would result in?

A decrease in the amount of greenhouse gases in Earth's atmosphere would result in Cooler global temperatures. This would help decrease the impact of global warming.


What might happen if a major volcanic eruption every year?

Global temperatures might cool by several degrees


What might happen if a major volcanic eruption occurred every year?

Global temperatures might cool by several degrees


What is the primary way that volcano's can trigger a mass extinction?

Gasses released by a massive volcanic event can cause catastrophic climate changes. Carbon dioxide will raise global temperatures. while sulfur dioxide will lower temperatures.


What is the primary way that volcanoes and can trigger a mass extinction?

Gasses released by a massive volcanic event can cause catastrophic climate changes. Carbon dioxide will raise global temperatures. while sulfur dioxide will lower temperatures.


Is there a 206-year cycle in global temperatures?

No, there is no recognized 206-year cycle in global temperatures. The Earth's climate is influenced by a variety of factors, including natural cycles such as El Niño and La Niña, solar activity, and greenhouse gas emissions. While there are periodic climate patterns that occur on different time scales, there is no widely accepted 206-year cycle in global temperatures.


Is a volcano magma?

No. Volcanic activity tends to lower global temperatures, which would promote glaciers to grow rather than melt. Isotopic analysis of the carbon dioxide being added to the atmosphere shows that most of it is not volcanic. Either way, there is no evidence of a shift in volcanic activity.


A geologist who maps the locations of volcanoes and studies global patterns of volcanic activity is probably most concerned with?

physical geography, or Earth science.


How does global warming cause tornadoes?

Global warming does not cause tornadoes. Tornadoes will happen with or without it. The argument that some use is that a warmer climate means that more energy is available for storms and thus more tornadoes. This is grossly oversimplified. A complex set of conditions are needed for tornado activity, especially significant activity. There are many variables. Raising average global temperatures will affect all of these variable in some way or another and will affect them differently in different regions in ways that are hard to predict. In all likelihood, global warming would result in an increase in tornado activity in some regions and a decrease in others.