Concerns arise!
High altitude smog is not the same as volcanic eruptions and how they send particles into the atmosphere.
The massive fires along the west coast states have raised the question of climate change due to the enormous amount of smoke generated by the fires.
The high smog layer has caused the dimming of the skies and cooler days.
But unlike the events of 1815 when the Tambour volcano erupted, which sent several square miles of ash, volatilities, pumice dust and sulfur into the atmosphere.
The location and the amounts are much smaller than the Tambour volcano amounts. We will see and note differences in agriculture and climate, within the following year due to the fires. However! There will be no “year without a summer” as occurred in 1816.
The major difference is in the location of these fires being in the 30-60 degree latitudes, whereas events in the tropical zones tend to linger and rise to great heights.
Within the 30-60-degree latitude zone are Rossby waves of winds moving and mixing the atmosphere shifting warm air towards the north and cooled air to the south. These smoke plumes will drift away at lower altitudes and not get caught up in the stratosphere and ionosphere where they would block sunlight from warming the earth for long periods of time.
There will be widespread effects of water conditions such as PH level changes, i.e. more acidic waters. Smoke will cause respiratory problems where the smog lingers and where the ash falls.
There will be detriment on a small scale and other disruptions, but this is not the time to pump more scary scenarios of widespread famine and water contamination, this will pass.