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Major gases that make up our atmosphere today
The earth's atmosphere is made up of nitrogen, argon, oxygen, CO2, and water vapor.
Impact the atmosphere
Volcanic activity can impact the atmosphere but only produce about 1% of the total CO2. Ash fall does affect crop and livestock. Ash and sulfur dioxide have a cooling effect and reflect the sunlight. There's also breathing hazards from taking in the ash.
Impact the environment
The environment is altered after the eruptions of volcanoes. Aquatic life increases acidity. This isn't good for the fish and other animals for if the acidity enters their system it harms them. There are also increases in turbidity, change in temperature, and/or change in food supply. The food supply can get killed off my the eruption, be poisonous from the breathing hazards created by the ash and dust fall, and/or there is plants that are killed off. There are lots of vegetation After the eruption occurs, the lava and ash deposited provides valuable nutrients for the soil. The plants will grow back full and better than before.
Climate
The climate is changes by the mixture of gases and particles into the air. Some of these particles such as ash and sulfur dioxide have a cooling effect since they reflect sunlight. The particles are released into the air and spread all across the stratosphere. The cooling influence is marked in the case of large eruptions and these amounts of particles block the sunlight from reaching the earth's surface. This causes a significant dip in global temperatures in the following year or two. Gases released like CO2 cause warming by adding to the greenhouse effect. The cooling influence of an individual volcano will dominate right after the eruption while the warming impact will last much longer but its not as strong.
Environmental Dangers
Many lives can be lost during an eruption. Gas periodically rises through a magma filled volcanic conduct and can be deadly. The gas creates pressure and Mt. Stromboli burst at the surface, throwing bits of lava into the air. The lava falls as bombs and scoria onto the environment. The nearby settlements are easily destroyed by this massive force along with destroyed mountains. The burned water vapor makes it rain, it mixes in with the volcanic ash and can create acid rain. The minerals exploding from the volcano can be volted into the sea and create a tsunami. Stromboli has "Strombolian activity" which is when bubbles of gas burst explosively at the top of the conduit. Stromboli's eruptions have had history of shattering windows in 1907, created an earthquake that also created a small tsunami in 1930, and has continuous eruption since 1932.
Wildlife
Plants are destroyed from the eruption. The volcanic soil is very rich so once everything cools off, plants can grow back better. Livestock and animals have been killed by effects from volcanic eruptions. They also die from famine, forest fires, and earthquakes cause by or related to eruptions. Aquatic life can be damaged or kill species. Bird migration, roosting, flying ability, and feeding activity is very common with birds when an eruption has happened. Since there is usually lots of ash and other particles introduced into the atmosphere, insects have a struggle trying to fly with particles caught in their wings. The insects population decreases from the deficiency to fly and find food. Once the volcanic activity is over more plants and animals do come back and inhabit the land again.
The earth's atmosphere is made up of nitrogen, argon, oxygen, CO2, and water vapor.
Impact the atmosphere
Volcanic activity can impact the atmosphere but only produce about 1% of the total CO2. Ash fall does affect crop and livestock. Ash and sulfur dioxide have a cooling effect and reflect the sunlight. There's also breathing hazards from taking in the ash.
Impact the environment
The environment is altered after the eruptions of volcanoes. Aquatic life increases acidity. This isn't good for the fish and other animals for if the acidity enters their system it harms them. There are also increases in turbidity, change in temperature, and/or change in food supply. The food supply can get killed off my the eruption, be poisonous from the breathing hazards created by the ash and dust fall, and/or there is plants that are killed off. There are lots of vegetation After the eruption occurs, the lava and ash deposited provides valuable nutrients for the soil. The plants will grow back full and better than before.
Climate
The climate is changes by the mixture of gases and particles into the air. Some of these particles such as ash and sulfur dioxide have a cooling effect since they reflect sunlight. The particles are released into the air and spread all across the stratosphere. The cooling influence is marked in the case of large eruptions and these amounts of particles block the sunlight from reaching the earth's surface. This causes a significant dip in global temperatures in the following year or two. Gases released like CO2 cause warming by adding to the greenhouse effect. The cooling influence of an individual volcano will dominate right after the eruption while the warming impact will last much longer but its not as strong.
Environmental Dangers
Many lives can be lost during an eruption. Gas periodically rises through a magma filled volcanic conduct and can be deadly. The gas creates pressure and Mt. Stromboli burst at the surface, throwing bits of lava into the air. The lava falls as bombs and scoria onto the environment. The nearby settlements are easily destroyed by this massive force along with destroyed mountains. The burned water vapor makes it rain, it mixes in with the volcanic ash and can create acid rain. The minerals exploding from the volcano can be volted into the sea and create a tsunami. Stromboli has "Strombolian activity" which is when bubbles of gas burst explosively at the top of the conduit. Stromboli's eruptions have had history of shattering windows in 1907, created an earthquake that also created a small tsunami in 1930, and has continuous eruption since 1932.
Wildlife
Plants are destroyed from the eruption. The volcanic soil is very rich so once everything cools off, plants can grow back better. Livestock and animals have been killed by effects from volcanic eruptions. They also die from famine, forest fires, and earthquakes cause by or related to eruptions. Aquatic life can be damaged or kill species. Bird migration, roosting, flying ability, and feeding activity is very common with birds when an eruption has happened. Since there is usually lots of ash and other particles introduced into the atmosphere, insects have a struggle trying to fly with particles caught in their wings. The insects population decreases from the deficiency to fly and find food. Once the volcanic activity is over more plants and animals do come back and inhabit the land again.
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