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Yeah that's kind of what I was getting at: the implications of all these aerosols falling to earth later, and getting into everything.
by deciplex 2y ago
Yeah that's kind of what I was getting at: the implications of all these aerosols falling to earth later, and getting into everything.
- exoverito 2y agoCalcium carbonate aerosols are proposed as a good alternative to sulfur dioxide since they are basic and do not react with ozone. Calcium carbonate is used an additive to soils to reduce acidity and is used by organisms to construct bone tissues. Furthermore, these aerosols would be extremely diffuse. It's estimated that we'd need 5 million tons of sulfur dioxide per year to reduce temperatures by 1 degree centrigrade. Assuming we need 10 million tons of calcium carbonate that eventually descends to the Earth, that would come out to be 0.0196g per square meter. Effectively negligible, and may even be beneficial for areas that have slightly acidic rains.