01-20-2007
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Member Since: Feb 2004
Location: Midwest US
Posts: 11,409
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Re: Ski resorts affected by climate change
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Originally Posted by onon
Remove the co2 from that list and you might be right. Krakatoa definitely did not emit 28 billion tons of co2, which is what humans emit each year.
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Nonsense. Natural occurances dominate anything humans could do.
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These dead and dying trees on the south side of Mammoth Mountain volcano (peak in distance) in eastern California were first noticed in 1990. Since then, about 170 acres of trees have died. When the area was examined in 1990, exceptionally high concentrations of carbon dioxide gas were found in the soil beneath the trees. What caused such high concentrations of carbon dioxide gas? The most likely sources of the carbon dioxide are (1) magma that intruded beneath Mammoth Mountain during an earthquake swarm in 1989; and (2) limestone-rich rocks surrounding the intrusion (CO2 is released from limestone (CaCO3) when heated).
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Volcanic Gases and Their Effects
Types of volcanic gases
The most abundant gas typically released into the atmosphere from volcanic systems is water vapor (H20), followed by carbon dioxide (C02) and sulfur dioxide (S02). Volcanoes also release smaller amounts of others gases, including hydrogen sulfide (H2S), hydrogen (H2), carbon monoxide (CO), hydrogen chloride (HCL), hydrogen fluoride (HF), and helium (He).
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