How do shield volcanoes affect the ecosystem surrounding it?

The good thing is that volcanic soil is very rich, so once everything cools off, plants can make a big comeback! ... you need to put the ash into the stratosphere is that if it is only in the troposphere (where weather clouds are), then it will get rained out very quickly and it won't be around long enough to have a climatic effect. read more

Shield volcanoes cover up and destroy the ecosystem surrounding them, or they push elements of the surrounding ecosystem away. They form a new ecosystem, part of which is periodically destroyed or pushed away by fresh eruptions of the volcano. read more

There are several examples of this type of volcano impacts on cities and towns. Effects On The Environment. There are several ways in which effects of volcanoes can be felt on the environment. Even smaller eruptions can have a measureable effect. That is because while an eruption is taking place gases are released by the volcano. read more

Certainly at Mt. St. Helens scientists saw that both plants and animals returned to the utterly devastated areas within only a year or so of the eruption.It is usually the short-term effects that are really bad. For example, there was a very big eruption of Santa Maria volcano (Guatemala) in 1902. read more