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Sun-dimming volcanoes partly explain global warming hiatus - study
2014-02-23 11:33:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Small volcanic eruptions help explain a hiatus in global warming this century by dimming sunlight and offsetting a rise in emissions of heat-trapping gases to record highs, a study showed on Sunday. Eruptions of at least 17 volcanoes since 2000, including Nabro in Eritrea, Kasatochi in Alaska and Merapi in Indonesia, ejected sulphur whose sun-blocking effect had been largely ignored until now by climate scientists, it said. The pace of rising world surface temperatures has slowed since an exceptionally...
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The Link Between Global Warming, Sea Levels And Volcanoes
2013-01-11 21:57:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Forbes: Rising seas pose some of the biggest emerging challenges to the world, as coastal urban areas face higher water and dangerous storms, protected only by weak, sometimes crumbling 20th-century flood defenses. But sea level rise, largely the result of manmade climate change, may have effects that go far beyond catastrophic flooding: a new paper shows how higher water may lead to increased volcanic activity. Lets get this out of the way: this isnt going to cause any immediate problems. Governments...
Icelandic volcanoes could help to power UK via subsea Scottish cable
2013-01-10 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Scotsman: ICELAND has offered to become a "green battery" for the UK by building the world`s longest subsea power cable, which could bring geothermal energy ashore in Scotland. Icelandic state electricity producer, Landsvirkjun, said yesterday that it was considering constructing a 1,000km link by around 2020 to supply electricity generated by its vast volcanic energy resources direct to Britain. An earlier proposal to connect Icelands electricity grid with the UK would have come ashore north of the...
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Ready.gov Volcanoes
2013-01-09 19:21:55| PortlandOnline
Volcano information from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).
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