Pinatubo
Americannoun
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When Mount Pinatubo erupted in 1991, for instance, global temperatures dropped by nearly one degree Celsius for several years.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 21, 2025
Pinatubo, the resulting half a degree of global cooling was the result of about 15 million tonnes of sulphur dioxide injected into the stratosphere.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2024
“I escaped from Pinatubo then ended up near Mayon volcano,” she told AP with a laugh.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 13, 2023
Nature does this already: After Mount Pinatubo in the Philippines erupted in 1991, sending 20 million tons of sulfur dioxide spewing into the atmosphere, global temperatures fell by about 1 degree Fahrenheit the following year.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 9, 2023
All of a sudden, it reminded him of the crater lake in the Philippines called Pinatubo, which was created after the 1991 eruption of the Mount Pinatubo volcano.
From "The Smartest Kid in the Universe" by Chris Grabenstein
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