Bali volcano: NASA makes SHOCK warning - Mount Agung will cool ENTIRE PLANET
BALI volcano Mount Agung can cool the entire planet for months, according to NASA – as concerns grow over its potential impact as the eruption continues.
Mount Agung spews black and white plumes of smoke
Bali volcano Mount Agung could make the devastating impact as millions of tons of gases spread through the atmosphere from its location in Indonesia.
It comes after Mount Agung's eruption in 1963 killed more than 1,600 people and knocked down global temperatures between 0.1 and 0.2C.
Eruptions can also change global rainfall patterns.
NASA climate scientist Chris Colose said: "To have a notable climate impact, there needs to be an explosive enough eruption (to get material in the stratosphere) and a sulfur-rich eruption (the SO2 converts to sulphate aerosol, which is what radiatively matters).
Bali volcano Mount Agung could cool the planet, say experts
To have a notable climate impact, there needs to be an explosive enough eruption
"If these conditions are met, the eruption cools the surface/troposphere and warms the stratosphere, the opposite of both patterns associated with CO2 increases. But both are very short-lived (~years)."
Volcanoes emit carbon dioxide, which traps heat, but they also spray out ash particles and gases such as sulfur dioxide, which form compounds that reflect sunlight, and therefore cooling the planet.
Indonesia’s National Disaster Management Authority (BNPB) warned on Tuesday that eruptions are increasing and declared the highest alert level for the volcano.
Mount Agung appears on the brink of larger, more violent eruption as it spews out a massive ash cloud and destructive cold lava.
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It has been spewing clouds of black ash since its unexpected second eruption on Saturday at 5.30pm local time.
Shocking footage shows rivers of volcanic debris, water and ashes powerfully flowing down the riverbeds of Bali as locals observe from the banks.
The video shows a lahar – the technical name for the concrete-like mixture – scooping up a large amount of debris as it ploughs down a river close to Mount Agung.
The Bali volcano continues to rock the region with earthquakes measuring on the Richter scale.
BNPB spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho said that a 3.1 magnitude earthquake had been felt in near Bali volcano Karangasem.
He asked everyone within the danger zone to evacuate in a calm and orderly manner.