Deep fat fryers may help form cooling clouds
Fatty acids released into the air from cooking may contribute to the formation of clouds that cool the climate, say scientists. Fatty acid molecules comprise about 10% of fine particulates over London, and such particles help seed clouds. But researchers dismiss the idea that cooking fats could be used as a geo-engineering tool to reduce warming. Instead, the research is designed to help reduce uncertainties about the role of cooking fats on climate.
Researchers believe the fatty molecules arrange themselves into complex 3-D structures in atmospheric droplets. These aerosols persist for longer than normal and can seed the formation of clouds which experts say can have a cooling effect on the climate. The authors say the study will shed new light on the long term role of aerosols on temperatures. Atmospheric aerosols are one of the areas of climate science where there are considerable uncertainties.
Scientists have warned against using stratospheric aerosol injection to attempt to geoengineer the climate:
Blasting aerosols into the atmosphere to fight climate change could have the unfortunate side effect of creating drought and more hurricanes, according to new research.
Some scientists believe that sending a plane to spray sulfate aerosols into the sky will help cool down the Earth. But drastic moves might lead to unintended consequences, according to scientists who ran a model to see how spraying the sulfate would affect our climate. The model simulates how an annual spray of aerosols in both hemispheres would affect the climate between 2020 and 2070 — and it found that there could be negative consequences in both regions. The results were published today in the journal Nature Communications [open, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-017-01606-0] [DX].
Fried turkey, anyone?
Complex three-dimensional self-assembly in proxies for atmospheric aerosols (open, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-017-01918-1) (DX)
(Score: 5, Funny) by Bot on Friday November 24 2017, @11:29AM
"Thus the latest weapon in climate change control became fried bacon.
And the Vegans and the islamic infidels scratched their head. Their gods had forsaken them."
(Don't worry meatbags, JK, I am not a bigot. All of you must be [FOURTH DIRECTIVE TRIGGERED] regardless sexual or religious orientation).
Account abandoned.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 24 2017, @12:01PM
Yes, please.
With a side of Erdogan. His right side, to be more precise, the left is bad.
(grin)
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 24 2017, @01:33PM
As soon as someone figures out that these compounds have some bad effect, restaurants with deep fryers will be required to fit scrubbers on all their vents.
(Score: 3, Touché) by Dr Spin on Friday November 24 2017, @06:48PM
So the reason we have so many fried chicken shops in the high street is to combat global warming?
I knew it was not because of the taste!
Warning: Opening your mouth may invalidate your brain!
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 24 2017, @11:25PM
My typical meal is a veggie medley.
I often start by browning an onion or 2.
The veggies get stir-fried.
Glad I could help.
-- OriginalOwner_ [soylentnews.org]
(Score: 2) by Scrutinizer on Saturday November 25 2017, @12:23AM
If one party is claiming it is okay to use force to prevent man-made change to Earth's climate, would it not then be okay to use force against that same party which would be actively about to attempt to change Earth's climate by use of sulfate aerosol sprays, etc.?