Volcanoes release less than 1% of the CO2 of anthropogenic emissions, according to USGS. But they also have a cooling effect by releasing sulfur particles that reflect sunlight. So yeah, volcanoes pretty much a wash, or at least de minimis compared to humans.
I can hear climate change deniers already. “It’s not humans, it’s the volcanoes”
Swear to god I’ve heard this before.
It is true that volcanoes have an effect. It’s just nothing compared to the scale humans are working at.
Volcanoes release less than 1% of the CO2 of anthropogenic emissions, according to USGS. But they also have a cooling effect by releasing sulfur particles that reflect sunlight. So yeah, volcanoes pretty much a wash, or at least de minimis compared to humans.
followed by Trump drawing a cartoon
dicknuke on the map and claiming it’s the only way to stop climate change.