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- noun a volcano on Luzon to the northwest of Manila; erupted in 1991 after 600 years of dormancy
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The sulfate-injection plan, which has received the most study, is explicitly modeled on the effects of massive volcanic eruptions, such as Mount Pinatubo in the Philippines; in the months after the 1991 eruption, global temperatures dropped by half a degree Celsius.
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And nature already does this — through volcanoes such as Mount Pinatubo, which cooled the planet for a while after it erupted in 1991.
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Although large eruptions such as Mount Pinatubo in 1991 can spew out enough material to shade and cool the planet, recent activity in
Signs of the Times 2010
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Although large eruptions such as Mount Pinatubo in 1991 can spew out enough material to shade and cool the planet, recent activity in
Signs of the Times 2010
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Forget about rising from the projects in East L.A. That was no comparison to the boy rising from an area in the foothills of the volcano Mount Pinatubo, an area that resembled a jungle, where locals live in grass huts with tin roofs and every “house” has a pig or two as a sign of wealth.
Fallin’ Up Steve Dennis 2011
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Forget about rising from the projects in East L.A. That was no comparison to the boy rising from an area in the foothills of the volcano Mount Pinatubo, an area that resembled a jungle, where locals live in grass huts with tin roofs and every “house” has a pig or two as a sign of wealth.
Fallin’ Up Steve Dennis 2011
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Even Mount Pinatubo in the Philippines in 1991 caused a brief, though small, drop in world temperatures.
Will Volcanoes Cool Our Warming Earth? Matt Ridley 2011
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Forget about rising from the projects in East L.A. That was no comparison to the boy rising from an area in the foothills of the volcano Mount Pinatubo, an area that resembled a jungle, where locals live in grass huts with tin roofs and every “house” has a pig or two as a sign of wealth.
Fallin’ Up Steve Dennis 2011
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For instance, we know that big volcanoes like Mount Pinatubo, which erupted in the Philippines in 1992, put a lot of sulfur dioxide into the atmosphere.
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For instance, we know that big volcanoes like Mount Pinatubo, which erupted in the Philippines in 1992, put a lot of sulfur dioxide into the atmosphere.
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