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Here's a reference point: - "Mount Pinatubo’s violent eruption [in 1991] injected about 15 million tons of sulfur dioxide into the stratosphere. The resulting
by perihelions 4y ago
Here's a reference point:
- "Mount Pinatubo’s violent eruption [in 1991] injected about 15 million tons of sulfur dioxide into the stratosphere. The resulting sulfuric acid aerosols remained in the stratosphere for about two years, and cooled the Earth’s surface by a range of 1 to 2 degrees Fahrenheit."
https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2019/2018-s-biggest-volcanic-eruption-of-sulfur-dioxide https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2019/2018-s-biggest-vol...
Looks like they're about 10.5 orders of magnitude short (of globally significant effects).