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Author Question: Explain how sulfur dioxide gas erupted from a volcano can affect global climate. What will be an ... (Read 51 times)

burchfield96

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on: Jul 16, 2018
Explain how sulfur dioxide gas erupted from a volcano can affect global climate.
 
  What will be an ideal response?

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How do lava tubes form in basaltic lavas? How can the exterior solidify if the interior is still fluid?
 
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missalyssa26

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Reply #1 on: Jul 16, 2018
Answer to Question 1

Answer: Sulfur dioxide will bond with water droplets in the atmosphere, creating reflective aerosols of sulfuric acid. These aerosols will reflect incoming solar radiation, and the result is cooling temperatures in the short term.

Answer to Question 2

Answer: The exterior of the lava flow cools, but the interior is still hot and fluid (rocks are poor conductors of heat). The fluid lava drains away, leaving the hollow tubes behind.


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