Iceland volcano unlikely to have an effect on global warming
Wednesday, May 12th, 2010Contrary to some recent reports, the recent volcanic eruption in Iceland is unlikely to have an effect on global warming.
Although the eruptions are said to have had a very small cooling effect, this is highly unlikely to slow down global warming to any extent.
Previous eruptions are said to have cooled the surface of the Earth by around 0.5 degrees celsius- which is unfortunately not enough to make a positive impact.
This means that eruptions have had no positive effect whatsoever- meaning that all they have really done is cause travel disruption all over the world, and it looks as though they may continue to do so for the forseeable future.