Philippe Matthews Show Guru Advice, Author Reviews, Tech Reviews, Entertainment News

Despite significant pyrotechnics and air travel disruption last year, the Icelandic volcano Eyjafjallajokull simply didn't put that many aerosols into the stratosphere. In contrast, the eruption of Mount Pinatubo in 1991, put 10 cubic kilometers of ash, gas and other materials into the sky, and cooled the planet for a year. Now, research suggests that for the past decade, such stratospheric aerosols--injected into the atmosphere by either recent volcanic eruptions or human activities such as coal burning--are slowing down global warming.

HONOLULU (Reuters) - Specialized firefighting teams Wednesday battled a remote wildfire touched off by the eruption of the Kilauea volcano on Hawaii's Big Island, which has burned some 2,000 acres of national park land. The fire threatens a fragile, protected rain forest, officials said. [More]