The explosive event increased atmospheric water vapor by 5%.
' planet-cooling powers. In 1991, when Mount Pinatubo in the Philippines blew its top, aerosols spewed by thislowered global temperatures by about 0.9 degrees Fahrenheit for at least one year, Live Science previously reported.spewed by Mount Pinatubo
during the 1991 eruption.
The researchers analyzed the amount of water in the plumes by evaluating data gathered by instruments called radiosondes, which were attached to weather balloons and sent aloft into the volcanic plumes. As these instruments rise through the atmosphere, their sensors measure , air pressure and relative humidity, transmitting that data to a receiver on the ground, according to the
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