An unusually severe winter occurred in europe after the continent was blanketed by a blue haze resulting from the eruption of the laki volcano in the european republic of iceland in the summer of 1984. thus, it is evident that major eruptions cause the atmosphere to become cooler than it would be otherwise.
which of the following statements, if true, most seriously weakens the argument above?
(a) the cooling effect triggered by volcanic eruptions in 1985 was counteracted by an unusual warming of pacific waters.
(b) there is a strong statistical link between volcanic eruptions and the severity of the rainy season in india.
(c) a few months after el chichn's large eruption in april 1982, air temperatures throughout the region remained higher than expected, given the long-term weather trends.
(d) the climatic effects of major volcanic eruptions can temporarily mask the general warming trend resulting from an excess of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.
(e) three months after an early springtime eruption in south america during the late 19th century, sea surface temperatures near the coast began to fall.

An astronomer at the equator measures the doppler shift of sunlight at sunset. from this, she calculates that earth’s tangential velocity at the equator is 465 m/s. the centripetal acceleration at the equator is 3.41  10 2 m/s 2 . use this data to calculate earth’s radius.

How is coal extracted from mountaintop removal mines? a. dynamite is used to create underground tunnels where miners go to extract the coal. b. dynamite is used to break apart rocks and then draglines are used to remove the broken rock and reach the coal. c. coal in mountaintops is extracted by digging strips in the landscape to reach the coal. d. placer deposits in mountain river bottoms are removed by

Aplane flies a distance d from west to east at a constant speed vp , with respect to the air in a time twe . on the return trip, the plane flies a distance d from east to west at a constant speed vp , with respect to the air in a time tew . on both trips the wind blows from west to east at a constant speed va , with respect to the ground 1) what is tew in terms of vp, va, and d, as needed? tew=dvp tew=dvp+va tew=dva tew=dvpâ’va tew=12dvp tew=12dvp+va tew=12dvpâ’va your submissions: b submitted: saturday, january 26 at 6: 49 pm feedback: feedback will be given once all questions have been attempted and the grade cluster button has been pressed. 2) what is twe in terms of vp, va, and d, as needed? twe=dvp twe=dvp+va twe=dva twe=dvpâ’va twe=12dvp twe=12dvp+va twe=12dvpâ’va your submissions: d submitted: saturday, january 26 at 6: 49 pm feedback: feedback will be given once all questions have been attempted and the grade cluster button has been pressed. 3) assuming d = 2300 miles, vp = 400 miles/hr, and twe = 4 hours, what is va, the speed of the wind with respect to the ground? va = 100 miles/hr va = 575 miles/hr va = 200 miles/hr va = 175 miles/hr va = 975 miles/hr 4) once again, assuming d = 2300 miles, vp = 400 miles/hr, and twe = 4 hours, what is tew, the time it takes the plane to fly a distance d miles from east to west? tew = 5.75 hours tew = 11.5 hours tew = 7.67 hours tew = 8 hours tew = 10.2 hours