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I posted this as a joke. Turns out it is a serious? scientific field of inquiry. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stratospheric_aerosol_injection https://en.w
by screye 1y ago
I posted this as a joke. Turns out it is a serious? scientific field of inquiry.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stratospheric_aerosol_injection https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stratospheric_aerosol_injectio...
[2] https://archive.is/r3lzO https://archive.is/r3lzO
[3] http://www.spice.ac.uk/ http://www.spice.ac.uk/
- forgotoldacc 1y ago> It appears that stratospheric aerosol injection, at a moderate intensity, could counter most changes to temperature and precipitation, take effect rapidly, have low direct implementation costs, and be reversible in its direct climatic effects.[2] That last little bit scares me. Whenever I see "yeah nah we can totally reverse it", all I can imagine is that it's something we'll do carelessly and excessively, with no ability to reverse it within our lifetimes.