Summit County: A series of small to mid-sized volcanic eruptions the past 10 years were the main factor in the formation of stratospheric sulfuric acid that reflected the sun`s energy and partially offset the effects of heat-trapping greenhouse gases. "This new study indicates it is emissions from small to moderate volcanoes that have been slowing the warming of the planet," said Ryan Neely, a researcher at the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Science and doctoral student at CU Boulder. Neely...
URL: http://summitcountyvoice.com/2013/03/02/study-volcanic-eruptions-offset-small-part-of-greenhouse-gas-driven-global-warming-during-the-past-10-years/
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