• Semi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.social
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    They made changes to emissions rules for ships that caused less cloud over the ocean, which increased temperature.

    The good news is that we can make clouds other ways, and now know how much cooling it takes so we can do it in a controlled manner.

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      1 year ago

      Doctor, are you saying I don’t need to change my habits and stop my alcoholism in order to help my dying liver? I can just eat painkillers and will feel like normal? Cheers!

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      Yes, but the estimated effect on global average temperature this change imparts is 0.05C by 2050

      And whilst we could add more, I’m not convinced acid rain is the winning trade of for controlling global warming.

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        We don’t need to use sulfur oxides to do it. One strategy I saw was to send seawater through misters that will aerosolize the salt and seed clouds. And now that we know how much that effect is, we know how much cloud seeding we need to do.