Switzerland stuns markets by giving up on currency peg
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Volcanoes ARE cooling Earth: Aerosols from small eruptions have reduced global temperatures and tropical rainfall
- Volcanoes may have cooled the Earth by 0.05°C to 0.12°C since 2000
- Scientists had overlooked the role of aerosols from small eruptions
- The aerosols accumulate between the stratosphere and troposphere
- This layer of the atmosphere is difficult to study as clouds obscure it
- Eruptions through 1990s and 2000s have contributed to warming 'pause'
- Global temperatures plateaued since 1998 after rapid warming in 1990s
- The findings mean models predicting climate change need to be revised
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