NOAA study suggests aerosols might be inhibiting global warming

http://www.physorg.com ^ | July 22, 2011 | by Bob Yirka

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks Red Badger.

And while scientists cannot yet say with any certainty where exactly the particles are coming from, they are saying that they have confidence that such particles have likely muted global temperature gains by as much as a third of what they would have been.

IOW, since there's been no change in global temperatures, there *must be* aerosols in the stratosphere -- "we just don't know where they're coming from, apart from our own imaginations; nor have we actually detected any. Do you have my check?"

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[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

****The cooling is not the result of the ash,... but from the sulfur dioxide that is thrust all the way up into the stratosphere, where it oxidizes and adds to the sun reflecting properties of other already existing particles.****

And we were FORCED to spend BILLIONS on power plant scrubbers to remove the S02 from the ash! What other pipe dreams do they have in store!

[Quix]

Those blood sucking traitorous greedy bustard slugs from hell sure are great at greed and destruction.

for yet a relatively brief while.

[spawn44]

From now on I'm using a hairspray torch to light by charcoal barbecue

[givemELL]

Volcanoes, on land and sub-sea (two thirds of volcanoes are under the sea), TRUMP AEROSOLS.

[givemELL]

NOAA should focus on volcanoes. Mt. Pinatube in the Phillipines in the nineties, released more stuff than the did the whole industrialized world since the industrial revolution began circa 1840. Just one big volcano repeats any aerosol contribution to global cooling. Here is more:

Volcanoes impact climate far more than realized

One million times more ash than previously thought

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Eruption of Eyjafjallajökull Volcano, Iceland
Ash plume from Eyjafjallajokull soared17,000 to 20,000 feet (5 to 6 km) into the sky.
Image: NASA MODIS - 17 April 2010

22 July 2011 - New studies show that volcanic eruptions can eject up to 100 million times more ash than previously thought. One million times! The ash seeds cloud formation, leading to more rain and snow.

A team of researchers in France monitored Iceland’s Eyjafjallajokull volcano, which, beginning on March 20, 2010, ejected an enormous plume of ash into the atmosphere that soon spread across Europe.

The researchers then analyzed how many secondary particles this ash generated as it reacted chemically with other components of the atmosphere.

Their new data showed that when sulphuric acid particles become large enough, they can behave as seeds for cloud formation, thereby increasing the amount of precipitation.

In addition, such seeding particles can form at lower altitudes and farther away from volcanoes than past studies had suggested, causing changes in local and regional weather.

The findings, published online on July 11 in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, point to the potentially broader climate influence that volcanoes could have.
The various articles that tell of this new discovery don’t mention the word “snow.”

But if all of the increased precipitation triggered by these volcanoes should fall in the winter, snowfall amounts should increase tremendously.

And if enough volcanoes erupt at the same time, you have the makings of an ice age.

See: http://www.livescience.com/14992-climate-impact-volcanoes-eruptions.html

See also:
http://content.usatoday.com/communities/sciencefair/post/2011/07/volcanoes-may-cause-more- rain-than-realized/1

See also:
http://wattsupwiththat.com/2011/07/11/new-study-suggests-that-the-volcanic-impact-on-climate-may-be-significantly-underestimated/

See abstract of the PNAS article, entitled
“Observations of nucleation of new particles in a volcanic plume”:
http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2011/06/30/1104923108.abstract

Thanks to Joseph Fisher, Bradley Haythornthwaite, Caroline Snyder for these links
“Volcanic activity seems to be on the rise,” says Bradley. “If their impacts are being significantly underestimated, maybe they are cooling the globe even more than we think.”

[FourPeas]

I can help you out with that. Send the hairspray to me; I’ve got enough of the nasty curly stuff to use your share along with my own.

[steelyourfaith]

Thanx for the ping Red Badger !

 

Beam me to Planet Gore !

[ForGod'sSake]

But, but — algore said!!! Now I’m confused...

[AZLiberty]

In the unlikely event that these guys are right and the CO2 guys are right), thank God for CO2, otherwise we'd be freezing to death.