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the number of volcanos erupting in some interval (say 10 years) is large enough that you can roughly treat it as a constant source of CO2, but at the same time
by DoctorOetker 8y ago
the number of volcanos erupting in some interval (say 10 years) is large enough that you can roughly treat it as a constant source of CO2, but at the same time the volcano is emitting igneous rock (i.e. the magma with CO2 removed), which will reabsorb the CO2 over a very long timespan... so yes volcanos emit large amounts of CO2, and commensurate amounts of CO2 absorbing igneous rock, in geological timescales they cancel