NASA simulation indicates ancient flood volcanoes could have altered climate
Saturday, August 8, 2015 - 10:30
in Earth & Climate
Flood-basalt eruptions were enormous but not as explosive as eruptions like Pinatubo, which in 1991 propelled gases high into the stratosphere, causing a global cooling event. New simulations reveal flood-basalt eruptions also could have launched their gases high enough to alter climate.