Self-study
P1
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Researcher's perspective ·
Effects of a major volcanic eruption can chill Earth by blocking sunlight
Researcher's example ·
Tambora volcano eruption in 1815
Some think this caused colder weather in parts of North American the next year.
P2
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Mass and Portman (M and P) perspective ·
Volcano effect on climate not as strong as previously believed
Complicating factor ·
El Nino can magnify the apparent cooling effect of a volcano
El Nino causes temporary warming, which fades away. If eruption happens during warming, that might hide the actual effect of the volcano. But, if eruption happens while El Nino warming is fading away, that makes effect of eruption seem larger than it is.
P3
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Correcting for complicating factor ·
Show volcanos don't cause as much cooling as previously thought
After M and P subtracted effect of El Nino, found (1) minor eruptions have no discernible effect on temperature; (2) major eruptions cause smaller drop than expected in hemisphere of the eruption, and an even smaller drop in the other hemisphere.
P4
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Other researchers' perspective ·
Climatic feedback loops can make small cooling effect turn into larger one
Climatic feedback loop ·
Small temperature drop leads to causal chain of effects that could lead to major cooling in a region
Delayed melting of snow leads to more sunlight reflected, which affect jet stream...at this point I'm not focusing too much on the details. We can come back to this paragraph if we're asked about the climatic feedback loop.
Passage Style
Critique or debate
Phenomenon-hypothesis (RC)
9.
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a
an eruption that ████████ ████ ████ ████ ██████ ████████ ██ ██ ████████ ███
The author never connects the use of “minor” to the amount of lava produced.
b
an eruption that ███ ████ ██ ██ ██████ ██ ██████ ███████████ ████ ██████ ████████ ██ ██ ████████ ███
Although it’s true that minor eruptions have less effect on global temperature than Krakatau or El Chichon did, this isn’t the intended meaning of “minor.” The author contrasts minor eruptions with “major, dust-spitting explosions.” The contrast is based on the amount of dust emitted, not on temperature.
c
an eruption whose ██████ ██ ████████ ███████████ ███ ██ ██████ ██ ██████████ ██ ███ ██████████ ██ ███ ████████
The author doesn’t define minor by relating an eruption to the ability of its effect on temperature to be masked.
d
an eruption that ██████████ █ ██████████ █████ ██████ ██ ██████ ████ ███ ██████████
This best captures the meaning, because the author contrasts minor eruptions with “major, dust-spitting explosions.”
e
an eruption that ██████ ███████ ███████████ ██ ███ ██████████ ██ ███ ████████ ██ ████ ██ ████ ████ ████ █ ██████ ██████████
The author doesn’t define minor by relating it to a decrease in temperature of less than half a degree centigrade. Minor eruptions actually have “no discernible effect on temperature.”