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General Category => Climate Change => Topic started by: rangerrebew on April 17, 2024, 10:23:51 am
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VOLCANOES
Climate Change and Volcanoes
9 hours ago Guest Blogger 15 Comments
Michael Kile
In an age of increasing hyperbole about natural phenomena it had to appear sooner or later: an alarmist claim that “climate change” (CC) was, could, can or is causing more intense volcanic activity on planet Earth.
So it was no surprise that a BBC WS CrowdScience team – presenter Caroline Steel, producer Emily Bird and editor Cathy Edwards – attempted last month to answer this question: “Could climate change lead to more volcanic eruptions? How will a heating planet affect volcanic activity?”
We spend a lot of our time thinking about climate change, but listener Paul [from near Blackpool, United Kingdom] has a question that isn’t usually part of the conversation. He wants to know whether a hotter atmosphere will affect how often volcanoes erupt, or make them more explosive when they do. (CrowdScience audio, 3 min.)
https://wattsupwiththat.com/2024/04/16/climate-change-and-volcanoes/
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a BBC WS CrowdScience team – presenter Caroline Steel, producer Emily Bird and editor Cathy Edwards – attempted last month to answer this question: “Could climate change lead to more volcanic eruptions? How will a heating planet affect volcanic activity?”
Sumthin' tells me that they have this 180 degrees wrong.
As the eruption of the Hunga Tonga volcano proved, the questions should really be:
- how does volcanic activity impact heating/cooling of the planet?
- will more volcanic eruptions contribute to changing weather patterns?
Looks like another possibly "impacting" eruption getting under way in Indonesia right now...