More than 1 cubic mile of ash and gases shot from the volcano Mount Pinatubo in the Philippines. We’ve seen it before, when volcanic ash from massive eruptions in the past stoked La Niña conditions. ✅ How Extreme Incidents Hack the Climate: Incidents like the Australian wildfires show that external influences can hack the vast natural framework of climate. A study published in Science Advances in May 2023 showed that the fires intensified the effects of La Niña, the cooling part of a global climate phenomenon that governs rainfall and droughts worldwide. But the fires’ effects didn’t end there the density and volume of the smoke particles drifted all the way over the tropical Pacific Ocean, where they blocked sunlight and cooled the sea’s surface. Perhaps it’s not too surprising that the billowing smoke resulting from such a blaze was visible from space. In 2019, Australia lost 190,000 square kilometers of land in bushfires that killed not only about one billion animals, but also 33 people. They char the earth, wiping out flora and fauna along their way. The deadliness of wildfires is well known.
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