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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.
(Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday April 18 2015, @03:22PM
> What has been happening to SN? It used to be a lively place, but none of the stories on the front page are even over 50 comments.
The weather got nicer. During the winter people were cooped up inside so more people spent time participating here. Now that it's pleasant outside, people have better things to do than sit in their basement dicking around on the internet. The membership here is so small that losing just 10-20 active posters means a significant drop in activity.
(Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday April 18 2015, @04:08PM
Wait, are you saying that climate change is what's responsible for the decline of activity here at SoylentNews?! Fuck, man, this is hitting close to home!