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Wondering if any ships were destroyed by the eruption the scale makes me think there had to be? Could Volcano eruptions be Earth's way of stabilizing climate c

Wondering if any ships were destroyed by the eruption the scale makes me think there had to be? Could Volcano eruptions be Earth's way of stabilizing climate change? i.e. sea water gets warmer and is no longer keeping the eruptions from occurring. Then the eruptions causes a drop in temperature due to the ash in the atmosphere?

crakenzak 5y ago
> Then the eruptions causes a drop in temperature due to the ash in the atmosphere? Interesting, this prompted me to read[1] into how it works and made me interested in why we don't pump sulfur dioxide into the atmosphere to help cool down the planet and buy us more time to transition off of CO2/CH4 emitting processes? Is it cost prohibitive? We already cloud seed pretty often so there's infrastructure in place for a large scale operation? [1] https://scied.ucar.edu/learning-zone/how-climate-works/how-volcanoes-influence-climate https://scied.ucar.edu/learning-zone/how-climate-works/how-v...
- foobiekr 5y ago
  Because ocean acidification is also a problem and we wouldn’t actually follow through and reduce emissions with the borrowed time.
- codesnik 5y ago
  acid rains are no joke either.
- iSnow 5y ago
  "But there are at least 27 reasons why stratospheric geoengineering may be a bad idea. These include disruption of the Asian and African summer monsoons, reducing precipitation to the food supply for billions of people; ozone depletion; no more blue skies; reduction of solar power; and rapid global warming if it stops, with devastating impacts on natural ecosystems. " https://cires.colorado.edu/events/stratospheric-sulfur-geoengineering-%E2%80%93-benefits-and-risks https://cires.colorado.edu/events/stratospheric-sulfur-geoen...
- askvictor 5y ago
  I've just finished reading "Termination Shock" by Neal Stephenson, which explores this very concept.
epolanski 5y ago
I'm no expert but I can't think of many reasons for a boat to be there. I remember reading about that Malaysian flight that got lost few years ago in the indian ocean and apparently this area is so uncommon that the closest ships are often more than 1 thousand kilometers away. The only ships that could be there would be local, but there was an eruption and tsunami alert issued the day before, so I guess that would only leave ships doing work related to the volcano itself.

crakenzak 5y ago

> Then the eruptions causes a drop in temperature due to the ash in the atmosphere? Interesting, this prompted me to read[1] into how it works and made me interested in why we don't pump sulfur dioxide into the atmosphere to help cool down the planet and buy us more time to transition off of CO2/CH4 emitting processes? Is it cost prohibitive? We already cloud seed pretty often so there's infrastructure in place for a large scale operation? [1] https://scied.ucar.edu/learning-zone/how-climate-works/how-volcanoes-influence-climate https://scied.ucar.edu/learning-zone/how-climate-works/how-v...

foobiekr 5y ago
Because ocean acidification is also a problem and we wouldn’t actually follow through and reduce emissions with the borrowed time.
codesnik 5y ago
acid rains are no joke either.
iSnow 5y ago
"But there are at least 27 reasons why stratospheric geoengineering may be a bad idea. These include disruption of the Asian and African summer monsoons, reducing precipitation to the food supply for billions of people; ozone depletion; no more blue skies; reduction of solar power; and rapid global warming if it stops, with devastating impacts on natural ecosystems. " https://cires.colorado.edu/events/stratospheric-sulfur-geoengineering-%E2%80%93-benefits-and-risks https://cires.colorado.edu/events/stratospheric-sulfur-geoen...
askvictor 5y ago
I've just finished reading "Termination Shock" by Neal Stephenson, which explores this very concept.

epolanski 5y ago

I'm no expert but I can't think of many reasons for a boat to be there. I remember reading about that Malaysian flight that got lost few years ago in the indian ocean and apparently this area is so uncommon that the closest ships are often more than 1 thousand kilometers away. The only ships that could be there would be local, but there was an eruption and tsunami alert issued the day before, so I guess that would only leave ships doing work related to the volcano itself.