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>Summer temperatures in the northern hemisphere fell by an average of 0.4 °C (0.72 °F) in the year following the eruption. Hmm... This could be useful for figh
by layoutIfNeeded 6y ago
>Summer temperatures in the northern hemisphere fell by an average of 0.4 °C (0.72 °F) in the year following the eruption.
Hmm... This could be useful for fighting climate change! What if we artificially triggered an eruption in the Yellowstone caldera? Maybe a few hydrogen bombs at the right locations could weaken the crust enough to trigger a huge eruption, which would lower global temperatures for a few years.
- ChrisMarshallNY 6y ago...and raise local temperatures, just a bit...
- mlN90 6y agoYeah but if im nearby we'll raise the global IQ by a lot. Im super dumb.
- willis936 6y agoOr we could have the same effect without any direct terrestrial detestation or massively expensive projects. https://news.mit.edu/2020/reflecting-sunlight-cool-planet-storm-0602 https://news.mit.edu/2020/reflecting-sunlight-cool-planet-st... Even then it’s incredibly risky and a bulletproof scientific model is needed to understand exactly what would happen before anything large scale is done.
- JasonFruit 6y ago> a bulletproof scientific model is needed to understand exactly what would happen You see, that's exactly the kind of thing we keep telling mad scientists, but they're always saying, "Ze model is bulletproof. Vatch!". And then, foom it goes again.
- cobbzilla 6y agoNo no no. I’m picturing an evil Emeril Lagasse: “this holocene mass extinction thing... let’s kick it up a notch!”