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Originally Posted by Slartibartfas
There is no evidence that water vapor has increased signficantly in the last century. CO2 has, stayed for 850 years around the 1850 level. But afterwards it started to rocket. Weird coincidence. Isnt it?
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Actually, I am not surprised. The Krakatoa eruption of 1883 was said to have spewed more pollutants, co2, carbon monoxide, and ash into the atmosphere as
all the combined entire human generated pollution ever generated from the beginning of our existence to the present. Only 1/3 of Krakatau remained. The rest was launched as a volcanic dust veil that created a solar radiation filter, lowered global temperatures that did not return to normal for five years.
Krakatau before 1883:
Krakatau after 1883:
Nature is much, much larger and more powerful than humans will ever be. All of the years of the human species existence hasn't spewed as much heat, water vapor, dust, pollution or toxins as that single Krakatoa eruption.
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Menace in the Skies
Pollution's First Victim. Air pollution, commonly thought to be a result of the industrial revolution, actually preceded man himself. Nature has long contaminated the air with sand and dust storms, with forest fires and volcanic eruptions that spew tons of particles and gases into the atmosphere. When Krakatoa, a volcano in the East Indies, blew up in 1883, the debris and dust it hurled into the air spread around the globe, darkening daytime skies for hundreds of miles. Krakatoa dust, suspended in the atmosphere, produced spectacularly ruddy sunsets and sunrises the world over for months after the blast.
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