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posted by on Wednesday April 26 2017, @08:58AM   Printer-friendly
from the http://gizmodo.com/the-best-of-cloud-to-butt-the-only-extension-youll-eve-1685863609 dept.

ABC News reports that

Marine scientists have upped the ante in their fight to save the Great Barrier Reef from the devastating effects of coral bleaching.

A team of Australian researchers at the Sydney Institute of Marine Science is working on plans to alter the clouds above the reef in a bid to save the delicate coral communities below.

Wikipedia has an article about marine cloud brightening, as the proposed activity is called.

previous stories:
Severe Bleaching Hits the Great Barrier Reef for Second Year in a Row
Rising Global Temperatures and El NiƱo are Contributing to Coral Reef Loss
Great Barrier Reef Experiencing Worst Bleaching on Record


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  • (Score: 2) by Grishnakh on Wednesday April 26 2017, @02:36PM (2 children)

    by Grishnakh (2831) on Wednesday April 26 2017, @02:36PM (#500051)

    How the hell is cloud computing going to help coral reefs? Oh wait...

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  • (Score: 2) by nobu_the_bard on Wednesday April 26 2017, @03:42PM

    by nobu_the_bard (6373) on Wednesday April 26 2017, @03:42PM (#500101)

    I was hoping "alter the clouds above the reef" was going to turn out to mean "we're going to fly the Amazon Cloud above the reef, then drop it" or something like that. I don't pretend to understand how it'd help but I'd support the project.

  • (Score: 2) by bob_super on Wednesday April 26 2017, @05:14PM

    by bob_super (1357) on Wednesday April 26 2017, @05:14PM (#500169)

    You now can get same-day delivery of Antiacids and CO2 scrubbers.