volcanic winter

From volcanic +‎ winter.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /vɒlˌkænɪk ˈwɪntə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /vɔlˌkænɪk ˈwɪntəɹ/, [-ˈwɪnəɹ]

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• (cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /vɑlˌkænɪk ˈwɪntəɹ/
• Rhymes: -ɪntə(ɹ)
• Hyphenation: vol‧can‧ic

volcanic winter (plural volcanic winters)

1. (climatology) A reduction in global temperatures caused by volcanic ash and droplets of sulfuric acid obscuring the Sun and raising Earth's albedo (increasing the reflection of solar radiation) after a large, particularly explosive volcanic eruption.

   Coordinate terms: impact winter, nuclear winter

   People who lived through the Year Without a Summer, 1816, had no way to know at the time that they were living through a volcanic winter; some thought that the end times were beginning.

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