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> Then the eruptions causes a drop in temperature due to the ash in the atmosphere? Interesting, this prompted me to read[1] into how it works and made me inte
by crakenzak 5y ago
> Then the eruptions causes a drop in temperature due to the ash in the atmosphere?
Interesting, this prompted me to read[1] into how it works and made me interested in why we don't pump sulfur dioxide into the atmosphere to help cool down the planet and buy us more time to transition off of CO2/CH4 emitting processes? Is it cost prohibitive? We already cloud seed pretty often so there's infrastructure in place for a large scale operation?
[1] https://scied.ucar.edu/learning-zone/how-climate-works/how-volcanoes-influence-climate https://scied.ucar.edu/learning-zone/how-climate-works/how-v...
- foobiekr 5y agoBecause ocean acidification is also a problem and we wouldn’t actually follow through and reduce emissions with the borrowed time.
- codesnik 5y agoacid rains are no joke either.
- iSnow 5y ago"But there are at least 27 reasons why stratospheric geoengineering may be a bad idea. These include disruption of the Asian and African summer monsoons, reducing precipitation to the food supply for billions of people; ozone depletion; no more blue skies; reduction of solar power; and rapid global warming if it stops, with devastating impacts on natural ecosystems. " https://cires.colorado.edu/events/stratospheric-sulfur-geoengineering-%E2%80%93-benefits-and-risks https://cires.colorado.edu/events/stratospheric-sulfur-geoen...
- askvictor 5y agoI've just finished reading "Termination Shock" by Neal Stephenson, which explores this very concept.