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Please read this short article about Mount Pinatubo before participating in this week’s discussion:

https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/1510/global-effects-of-mount-pinatubo (Links to an external site.)

 

  1. What effect did the Mount Pinatubo eruption have on the planet’s albedo?
  2. What kind of feedback loop is this?
  3. Knowing what we do about Mount Pinatubo’s effect on the global temperature, will/did the recent eruption of the Hunga volcano in the Pacific island nation of Tonga have the same effect? Why or why not?
  4. Do you think humanity should rely on/wait for a large volcanic eruption to slow down global warming? What might the consequences of this be?

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The eruption released high amounts of ash and gas into the atmosphere, which increased scattering and absorption of incoming light, and caused an overall cooling of the

The eruption released high amounts of ash and gas into the atmosphere, which increased scattering and absorption of incoming light, and caused an overall cooling of the

This question is taken from Science 111L – Understanding Climate Change Lab » Spring 2022 » Discussion