So I was watching a video the other day about a massive volcano that erupted in the 1800s. It released so much sulphur into atmosphere that the planet cooled by 2 degrees. Which led me to the absurd thought that maybe we could induce a volcano into erupting to cool the planet and negate some of the climate change we’re seeing?
EDIT: forget the word NUKE and just think about if we could trigger a volcano successfully to our benefit? I understand that we wouldn’t want nuclear fallout.
In: Earth Science
Inducing a volcanic eruption would only serve to put a band-aid on the problem. Climate change is a systemic issue and the cooling would be quickly overshadowed by the exponentially greater pollution we’re putting out.
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