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What surprised me was that ironically reduction of acid rain aerosol particles is actually accelerating the effect of global warming [1], [2]. As a result, the
by salimmadjd 8y ago
What surprised me was that ironically reduction of acid rain aerosol particles is actually accelerating the effect of global warming [1], [2].
As a result, there are some who are arguing about the use of it for climate engineering [3].
I would be against climate engineering, but in the case of aerosol, given the history of volcano eruptions of the past and that we are facing an irreversible trend, this is something we need to seriously consider before it's too late.
[1] (scroll to the Aerosol graph) https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2015-whats-warming-the-world/ https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2015-whats-warming-the-wo...
[2] https://www.windows2universe.org/earth/climate/cli_aerosols.html https://www.windows2universe.org/earth/climate/cli_aerosols....
[3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stratospheric_aerosol_injection_(climate_engineering) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stratospheric_aerosol_injectio...
- matt4077 8y agoThere was a recent study that concluded that the loss of sunlight under such a scheme would have a large effect on agricultural yields: even if it succeeds to stop the rise in temperature, it would be net-negative at least in regards to food production.