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Warning Over Aerosol Climate Fix

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

AnonTechie writes:

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: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday April 18 2015, @03:43PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday April 18 2015, @03:43PM (#172446)

    "I’m one of those Republicans who thinks we are getting warmer and that we contribute to that".

    - Mitt Romney, 2012

    But Mitt must be one of those overly emotional types who gets overwhelmed by feelings worked up over fictional situations, right? We need to listen more to people like Sean Hannity and Ted Cruz.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday April 18 2015, @03:49PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday April 18 2015, @03:49PM (#172450)

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    - Albert Einstein, 1951