Will volcanic eruption in Iceland, change Earth’s climate?

Volcanic eruption in southern Iceland will not have a major impact on the climate of our planet, as volcanic ash did not get into the upper atmosphere, “said researcher of the Laboratory of climate theory of the Institute of Atmospheric Physics RAS behalf Obukhov (IFARAN).

Vulcan Eyyafyatlayokutl (Eyjafjallajoekull), located in the vicinity of the same name of the glacier, reminded them of the night of Wednesday 14 April, and led to the evacuation of more than 700 people. This was the second evacuation of Icelanders for a short period. At the end of March this year, it was also caused by volcanic activity in the area referred to the glacier. In general, the volcano Eyyafyatlayokutl is relatively calm and posledny times its eruption was observed in 1821.

“This is unlikely to somehow affect the climate” – the spokesman said.

He recalled that the eruption of Mount Pinatubo in 1991 affected the average temperature, but when volcanic ash fell into the stratosphere.

“Now the ashes of the Icelandic volcano fell into the bottom layer of the atmosphere, the troposphere, it prevents air, but on the climate, he will have no effect, he will bring a couple of days of rain. If he would have hit the stratosphere, where he could” live “around two years, which would reflect the portion of solar radiation that would affect the climate “, – said the scientist.

He added that the dust aerosol, ensnared in the stratosphere, would be quickly dispersed throughout the globe. ”But now he comes from Iceland, along with cyclone” walking “, locally. It is quite low, a week on the strength of it will remain. This eruption is not very large,” – said the scientist.

According to him, then it is important to “test” of 20 kilometers, and it is desirable that the volcano was in the tropics, because there he distributed faster.