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1/8/2014 11:00:49 AM
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Fixing the Climate could make things worse
[quote]Attempts to reverse the impacts of global warming by injecting reflective particles into the stratosphere could make matters worse, say researchers.
A new study suggests the idea, seen as a last-ditch way to deal with runaway climate change, could cut rainfall in the tropics by 30%.
This would have devastating impacts on rainforests in South America and Asia
The research has been published in the journal Environmental Research Letters.
The concept of curbing rising temperatures by blocking sunlight has been discussed by scientists for many years now.
Some of the ideas have been dismissed as crazy notions, but others have been taken more seriously.
One of the most credible plans involves using reflective particles called aerosols to reflect solar radiation away from the Earth.
This happens naturally when volcanoes erupt, sending plumes of ash into the stratosphere, as with Mount Pinatubo in the Philippines in 1991.
Now a team at the University of Reading have modelled the impacts of a large-scale injection of sulphur dioxide particles at high altitudes around the equator.
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dammed if you do, damned if you don't.
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] lonepaul2441 dammed if you do, damned if you don't. So I might as well just be a pedo.[/quote]
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I wonder if there has been any impact from the guy who dumped the iron filings into the South Indian Ocean. That was supposed to have an effect one way or another...
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inb4pedocomments
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Well, the idea of blocking the -blam!-ing sun been shown many tines by Matt Groening to be an absolute cluster -blam!-
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2 AntwortenWould be much easier to get rid of coal and plant some trees.
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Bearbeitet von Wolvers: 1/8/2014 4:31:37 PMNeed geoengineering on a massive scale, flood the oceans with algae, let it take in the CO2, sink to the ocean bed and become trapped by sediment. [url=http://inhabitat.com/rogue-geoengineering-experiment-creates-massive-algae-bloom-in-pacific-ocean/]This guy had the right idea,[/url] it's just geopolitical resolutions preventing the lawful implementation of such an effort.
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Fixing something thats not broken? Okay then.
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3 AntwortenThey'll waste the money anyway.
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I thought it was fake?
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Doooooooooooooooooooooom
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Well then don't put reflective particles in the atmosphere!
