According to experts, the flight ban has kept up to 2.8 million tonnes of dangerous CO2 emissions from entering the Earth’s atmosphere. Experts say the cooling effect of the Eyjafjallajokull volcano will not likely affect climate change, but has impacted a small decrease in carbon emissions.
In 1991, Mount Pinatubo erupted enough volcanic ash to cool the planet shading it from harmful emissions. However, experts are saying that the ash from the current eruption at Eyjafjallajokull will not be enough to have any significant impact.
The ash cloud has yet to reach high enough into the atmosphere to cause any long term effects on climate change. Additionally, it is said to contain little sulfur, which would form the reflective droplets of sulphuric acid.
The World Meteorological Organisation based in Geneva, claims that any cooling effects garnered from the Eyjafjallajokull volcano will be insignificant. However, a climate change effect will be found in the massive grounding of all European flights for almost a week. In global terms the effect will be small, but more effective than the actual volcanic eruption.
Although the eruption has caused some CO2 to be released that amount is insignificant to the climate effects save by the volcanoes cooling effects. However, neither will be enough to impact significant changes to the Earth’s atmosphere.
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