There is no way to cause a volcanic eruption or for that matter, to prevent one. The forces that control magma movement are miles below the surface and beyond the reach of any human technology. When a volcano erupts, that is the end of a process, not the beginning.
Undersea volcanoes would only produce aerosols if the gases reached the surface. I doubt most of them have much of an effect as they are not explosive enough to send gases into the stratosphere. Here is an article about the recent eruption of an undersea volcano in Tonga: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/03/19/undersea-tongan-volcano-d_n_177005.html The impacts are mostly local. On Apr 21, 8:54 pm, Andrew Lockley <[email protected]> wrote: > Bearing in mind that volcanoes seem to do a pretty good job of cooling the > planet, could you trigger them artificially? Perhaps drilling holes in > them, moving scree off their cones or just blowing them up would do the > trick? > Here's some thoughts on the > subject:http://www.thenakedscientists.com/HTML/content/questions/question/2019/ > > I couldn't find any 'serious' research on this with a brief spot of > googling. > > As an aside, do undersea volcanoes help cool the planet by altering the > sulfur cycle and creating aerosols? > > A --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "geoengineering" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/geoengineering?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
