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And we have a natural experiment proving this effect, cargo ships' sulfur pollution had unknowingly been masking some percentage of climate change by reflecting
by rhinoceraptor 2y ago
And we have a natural experiment proving this effect, cargo ships' sulfur pollution had unknowingly been masking some percentage of climate change by reflecting sunlight, so reducing that pollution has had the side effect of exacerbating climate change.
- zosima 2y agoThe global sulphur dioxide emission has gone down continuously since the 80s [1], and ship emissions are a small fraction of the total emission. The recent spike in temperatures is obviously related to an el Nino. It will go down again, just like it's done after every other el Nino. [1] https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/so-emissions-by-world-region-in-million-tonnes https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/so-emissions-by-world-reg...