ocean eruption effect and causes
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Explosive volcanic eruptions affect the global climate mainly through injecting sulfur-bearing gases into the stratosphere, which oxidize to form sulfate aerosols. Stratospheric sulfur aerosols spread around the globe by the atmospheric circulation, producing surface cooling by scattering solar radiation back to space. This cooling effect on the ocean surface usually lasts for several years as the lifetime of sulfate aerosols is about 2–3 years.[1] However, in the subsurface ocean the cooling signal may persist for a longer time and may have impacts on some decadal variability, such as the Atlantic midday overturning circulation.
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