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The undersea eruption also ejected 146 million tons of South Pacific Ocean water into the stratosphere.[56] The amount of water vapor ejected was 10 percent of
by morsch 4y ago
The undersea eruption also ejected 146 million tons of South Pacific Ocean water into the stratosphere.[56] The amount of water vapor ejected was 10 percent of the atmosphere's typical stock.[57] It was enough to temporarily warm the surface of Earth. This water vapour was estimated to remain for 5–10 years.[55]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Hunga_Tonga%E2%80%93Hunga_Ha%27apai_eruption_and_tsunami#January_2022 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Hunga_Tonga%E2%80%93Hunga...
- sebazzz 4y agoInteresting as water vapour is in itself also a greenhouse gas.
- bagels 4y agoThanks for sharing this. That certainly is a lot of water.
- throwaway7980 4y ago
- selectodude 4y agoYou could always click on the source that Wikipedia has literally next to the sentence. https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-01544-y/ https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-01544-y/
- rad_gruchalski 4y agoThe sources are in footnotes. The quote even contains footnote references.
- munk-a 4y agoWikipedia is generally a great summarization of a topic and links to numerous sources - that is usually a more valuable thing to link than an opaque research paper.
- pfdietz 4y ago10% of the stratosphere's typical stock.
- morsch 4y agoIf true, the article should be changed. Isn't the stratosphere extremely dry?
- pfdietz 4y agoYes, that's why a single eruption can have a noticeable effect. Stratospheric water may also set the upper limit on how many launches to orbit can be done per year, since all the propellant consumed in or above the stratosphere makes water that ends up in the stratosphere.