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Fire, brimstone and cooling

volcanoes eject large amounts of sulphur into the atmosphere when they erupt, and actually contribute significantly to global cooling. The eruption of Mount Pinatubo, Philippines, on June 15, 1991, discharged huge amounts of ash and other debris into the atmosphere, creating the largest stratospheric cloud of sulphur dioxide ( so 2 ) ever measured

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