Category Archives: Volcanoes

Volcanoes: Active, Inactive, and Retroactive

Posted on May 22, 2013 by

Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach Anthony put up a post titled “Why the new Otto et al climate sensitivity paper is important – it’s a sea change for some IPCC authors” The paper in question is “Energy budget constraints on … Continue reading →

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Aerosols from Moderate Volcanos Now Blamed for Global Warming Hiatus

Posted on March 2, 2013 by

While looking for quotes on an upcoming post about Ocean Heat Content, I ran across the press release for a new paper (in press) by Neely et al, which blames the recent slowdown in global warming on smaller more moderate … Continue reading →

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Study: plate tectonics modulates volcanic activity, which in turn modulates climate forcings

Posted on February 8, 2013 by

From Rice University comes this study that tries to equate an analog circuit component onto a climate forcing component. It is an interesting approach. The idea that plate tectonics serves to modulate episodic volcanic activity also makes sense. Volcano location … Continue reading →

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A link between climate, ice melt, and volcanic eruptions is found

Posted on December 20, 2012 by

When the ice melts, the Earth spews fire GEOMAR researchers discover a link between climate and volcanic eruptions It has long been known that volcanic activity can cause short-term variations in climate. Now, researchers at the GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for … Continue reading →

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New paper cuts recent anthropogenic warming trend in half

Posted on October 17, 2012 by

Tamino (aka Grant Foster) will have his knickers in a twist over this one. Guest post by Marcel Crok (from his blog De staat van het klimaat) An interesting new paper (behind paywall) has been accepted for publication in the Journal … Continue reading →

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Volcanic Corroboration

Posted on September 10, 2012 by

Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach Back in 2010, I wrote a post called “Prediction is hard, especially of the future“. It turned out to be the first of a series of posts that I ended up writing on the inability … Continue reading →

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BEST, Volcanoes and Climate Sensitivity

Posted on August 13, 2012 by

Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach I’ve argued in a variety of posts that the usual canonical estimate of climate sensitivity, which is 3°C of warming for a doubling of CO2, is an order of magnitude too large. Today, at the … Continue reading →

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Surprise volcanic eruption in New Zealand

Posted on August 6, 2012 by

The eruption had been “really unexpected”. “You can measure and monitor but sometimes mother nature will do her own thing.” Yeah, like climate. From stuff.co.nz: (h/t to reader Dr K.A. Rodgers) Mt Tongariro has erupted, with ash fall closing roads … Continue reading →

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New Data, Old Claims About Volcanoes

Posted on July 30, 2012 by

Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach Richard Muller and the good folks over at the Berkeley Earth Surface Temperature (BEST) project have released their temperature analysis back to 1750, and are making their usual unsupportable claims. I don’t mean his risible statements … Continue reading →

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13th century volcano mystery eruption may be solved

Posted on June 15, 2012 by

From ScienceNews: Indonesia implicated as location of biggest eruption in last seven millennia By Alexandra Witze SELFOSS, Iceland — One of the biggest mysteries in volcanology may finally have a solution. An eruption long thought to have gone off in … Continue reading →

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Strange bacteria found on South American volcanoes

Posted on June 10, 2012 by

From the University of Colorado at Boulder, proof that life can inhabit just about anywhere. CU-Boulder-led team finds microbes in extreme environment on South American volcanoes A team led by the University of Colorado Boulder looking for organisms that eke … Continue reading →

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Missing the Missing Summer

Posted on April 15, 2012 by

Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach Since I was a kid I’ve been reading stories about “The Year Without A Summer”. This was the summer of 1816, one year after the great eruption of the Tambora volcano in Indonesia. The Tambora … Continue reading →

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Dronning Maud Meets the Little Ice Age

Posted on April 13, 2012 by

Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach I have to learn to keep my blood pressure down … this new paper, “Abrupt onset of the Little Ice Age triggered by volcanism and sustained by sea-ice/ocean feedbacks“, hereinafter M2012, has me shaking my head. … Continue reading →

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