What’s Causing the Recent Spike in Global Temperatures?
‘We don’t know where the tipping point is’: climate expert on potential collapse of Atlantic circulation
Jonathan Wattstheguardian.com
Finally, there are periodic interruptions from volcanoes, which blast sulfur—a gas that has an anti-greenhouse effect and tends to cool the planet— into the atmosphere. The eruption of Mount Pinatubo in 1991 reduced global temperatures by about 0.2°C for a period of two years, equivalent to a decade’s worth of greenhouse warming. The longer your ti
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