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posted by martyb on Saturday April 18 2015, @01:11PM   Printer-friendly
from the not-going-to-end-well dept.

Any attempts to engineer the climate are likely to result in "different" climate change, rather than its elimination, new results suggest. Prof Ken Caldeira, of Stanford University, presented research at a major conference on the climate risks and impacts of geoengineering. These techniques have been hailed by some as a quick fix for climate change.

But the impacts of geoengineering on oceans, the water cycle and land environments are hotly debated. They have been discussed at a meeting this week of 12,000 scientists in Vienna. Researchers are familiar with the global cooling effects of volcanic eruptions, seen both historically and even back into the deep past of the rock record. With this in mind, some here at the European Geosciences Union General Assembly ( http://www.egu2015.eu ) have been discussing the possible worldwide consequences of pumping sulphate aerosols into the stratosphere to attempt to reflect sunlight back into space and cool the planet.

http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-32334528

 
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  • (Score: 5, Insightful) by Joe Desertrat on Saturday April 18 2015, @06:40PM

    by Joe Desertrat (2454) on Saturday April 18 2015, @06:40PM (#172515)

    Let me state this again, for those who haven't heard it already. In 1963, my third grade teacher told all of us kids about the interglacial period that we are enjoying. She explained that at different periods of time, the land that we lived on, the school yard, our entire CITY was buried beneath hundreds of feet of ice. Not once, apparently, but multiple times. Let's say it all together, children: "Interglacial period". It means that when you are old and bouncing little grandchildren on your knees, the climate is likely to be warmer than it is today.

    So you are claiming your understanding of climate science is based on what you learned in third grade over fifty years ago and thus we should disregard anything anyone has learned since?

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