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by sokoloff 945 days ago
Volcanic emissions amount to around 1%, not 1000x the amount of human CO2 emissions per year.

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/volcano-carbon-emissions/

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The article debunks the CO2 quantity from only one such emission. There are hundreds of active volcanoes on the Earth's surface and possibly thousands more in the oceans.
No. It uses research from a 2013 paper that estimated the total annual flux from volcanic sources worldwide. Search for “2013 review” in the article.