| While we all look on in astonishment at the recent | | | | particles to create a mirrored effect that reflects the |
| major disruption caused by the Iceland Volcano | | | | Suns' rays away from the Earth, similar to reflecting |
| eruption bellowing its ash cloud high into our skies, | | | | the Sun away using a shiny object. |
| there is believe it or not a benefit to be gained from | | | | That is of course providing that the ash plume from |
| this apparent catastrophe. In reference to Global | | | | a volcano is significant enough in dissipating the right |
| Warming, volcanic eruptions actually create a cooling | | | | quantity of ash and that it reaches the stratosphere. |
| effect to the Earth that can reduce climate change, | | | | Others such as the Iceland volcanic eruption |
| but is the Icelandic volcano eruption big enough? | | | | sometimes only make it into the troposphere where |
| One such event that climate change gained from was | | | | the ash is dispersed over a wide area by very strong |
| when Mount Pinatubo erupted in the Philippines back | | | | winds. |
| in 199. It is said it reduced the temperature of the | | | | There are volcanic eruptions happening all the time, |
| Earths' surface by 0.5 degrees Celsius, which offset | | | | but it seems you are only aware of them if you live |
| the greenhouse gases from 1991 to 1993 and a | | | | near one or are affected by it erupting. For instance |
| similar event was caused by the Mount St Helens | | | | a volcano erupted the same day as the Iceland |
| volcanic eruption in Washington USA back in 1980. | | | | volcano did, but on the other side of the World in |
| This is caused by the volcanic ash particles and | | | | Japan. This was a dormant volcano that has shocked |
| sulphur dioxide reaching the stratosphere. There is | | | | the Japanese, but how many of us either know |
| then a chemical reaction which causes the volcanic | | | | about it or are affected by it? Very few I suspect. |