I have stated this multiple times here, recently. The sun and solar system drives 99.9% of what happens on this planet in regards to climate. If the sun changes with more solar output or less, it directly and hugely effects our climate. The moon is a distant second compared to the sun, followed even further down by the other planets in our system. Everything else is very minute in magnitude. All of these things are carefully balanced to get the environment that we live in. Any one of these changes and we will experience large climate effects. Everything else on this planet is balanced as well, within a closed system, however it does not cause great climate effects when the balance is upset, it causes temporary changes that causes disruption to the normal patterns, but the system is closed and rebalances itself very quickly compared to the geological time scale. Effectively, we can affect weather, but we would have a very difficult time in changing the climate. As an example of relativity, research the eruption of Krakatoa in 1883. This volcanic eruption blew an estimated six cubic miles of matter into the atmosphere up to 50 miles straight up. The amount of CO2 and other gases released is unmeasureable. The eruption was equated to 200 megatons of TNT. In comparison the atomic bombs dropped on Japan was far weaker. This massive release of energy also created a 120ft tall tsunami that wiped out coastlines of nearby ocean front of neighboring islands and spread out to lesser strength to devastate hundreds of miles of further coastlines. Tens of thousands died from the relatively sparse population in Java, to the larger populations killed by the tsunami. The eruption was heard nearly 3000 miles away in Austrailia.
I have stated this multiple times here, recently. The sun and solar system drives 99.9% of what happens on this planet in regards to climate. If the sun changes with more solar output or less, it directly and hugely effects our climate. The moon is a distant second compared to the sun, followed even further down by the other planets in our system. Everything else is very minute in magnitude. All of these things are carefully balanced to get the environment that we live in. Any one of these changes and we will experience large climate effects. Everything else on this planet is balanced as well, within a closed system, however it does not cause great climate effects when the balance is upset, it causes temporary changes that causes disruption to the normal patterns, but the system is closed and rebalances itself very quickly compared to the geological time scale. Effectively, we can affect weather, but we would have a very difficult time in changing the climate. As an example of relativity, research the eruption of Krakatoa in 1883. This volcanic eruption blew an estimated six cubic miles of matter into the atmosphere up to 50 miles straight up. The amount of CO2 and other gases released is unmeasureable. The eruption was equated to 200 megatons of TNT. In comparison the atomic bombs dropped on Japan was far weaker. This massive release of energy also created a 120ft tall tsunami that wiped out coastlines of nearby ocean front of neighboring islands and spread out to lesser strength to devastate hundreds of miles of further coastlines. Tens of thousands died from the relatively sparse population in Java, to the larger populations killed by the tsunami. The eruption was heard nearly 3000 miles away in Austrailia.
Yes, I know about the Krakatoa. Just like Mt St. Helens, it disrupted the weather in Pacific NW for a while but no long time effects.
Right now we have 54 last count of volcanoes going. No one talks about the effects of them. Mum is the word.