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Volcanoes, climate, and a doubtful solution
My story on "The volcanic-Climate Connection," which was published in the January-February 2010 issue of Weatherwise magazine, focuses on how a few extremely large volcanoes in the past have cooled the Earth for a few months. At the end of the story I mention that the cooling effects of past eruptions have led some people, including a few atmospheric scientists, to argue for what would amount to artificial volcanic eruptions to slow global warming. Such proposals are one of the most-discussed geoengineering... »
