Thanks.
I did my googling, and found that Toba is the "supervolcano" that had a potentially large, short-term climate impact about 72K years ago. It sits smack on the equator. As I said, this is where volcanic eruptions have the largest impact. I think it's unlikely that Yellowstone would have the same effect (yes I've seen the hype on popular pages).
What data show that weather is becoming more unpredictable?
The evidence I'm seeing is that certain directions in phase space are preferred in the modern era of "global change." That may suggest the atmosphere is _less_ chaotic on low-frequency time scales when it is forced.
OT: Parent is rated 5-interesting!??? Who rates these things?
Milankovitch cycles are fairly well understood, and should be removed when discussing anthropogenic climate change.
Tropical volcanic eruptions have larger influence on climate than those in the extratropics, so I'm suspicious of your claim for Yellowstone. Do you have a reference?
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Thanks. I did my googling, and found that Toba is the "supervolcano" that had a potentially large, short-term climate impact about 72K years ago. It sits smack on the equator. As I said, this is where volcanic eruptions have the largest impact. I think it's unlikely that Yellowstone would have the same effect (yes I've seen the hype on popular pages).
The evidence I'm seeing is that certain directions in phase space are preferred in the modern era of "global change." That may suggest the atmosphere is _less_ chaotic on low-frequency time scales when it is forced.
OT: Parent is rated 5-interesting!??? Who rates these things?
Milankovitch cycles are fairly well understood, and should be removed when discussing anthropogenic climate change.
Tropical volcanic eruptions have larger influence on climate than those in the extratropics, so I'm suspicious of your claim for Yellowstone. Do you have a reference?