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on Wednesday April 26 2017, @08:58AM
from the http://gizmodo.com/the-best-of-cloud-to-butt-the-only-extension-youll-eve-1685863609 dept.
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 Niño are Contributing to Coral Reef Loss
Great Barrier Reef Experiencing Worst Bleaching on Record
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(Score: 2) by HiThere on Wednesday April 26 2017, @05:48PM
That may, indeed, be necessary to save the coral reef, but there's a large question in my mind as to whether it would be sufficient. Chemical pollution, as from coal dust, will kill the coral even if the temperature is right. And Australia is planning a giant coal processing port about as close to the reef as it ever gets.
Another consideration is possible side effects. These are mainly unknown. One can argue, I guess, that this is a good place for a pilot test if we're thinking of doing this on a larger scale to combat global warming and ocean acidification...but that's not how this appears to be being sold.
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