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"Know" is doing a lot of work here. > Almost all work to date on stratospheric sulfate injection has been limited to modeling and laboratory work.[1] At best
by AlexandrB 4y ago
"Know" is doing a lot of work here.
> Almost all work to date on stratospheric sulfate injection has been limited to modeling and laboratory work.[1]
At best it seems like a good potential solution that need a lot more study.
[1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stratospheric_aerosol_injection https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stratospheric_aerosol_inject...
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