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Cloud cover to raise the Earth's albedo can be done by a smaller independent team, vs needing the whole world to agree to stop polluting.
by fragmede 3mo ago
Cloud cover to raise the Earth's albedo can be done by a smaller independent team, vs needing the whole world to agree to stop polluting.
- 4gotunameagain 3mo agoLarge scale ecosystem modifications run huge risks of unintended consequences. Due to the chaotic nature of these systems we are incapable of predicting the effect of our actions. It could very well be that by artificially increasing cloud cover we cross a different tipping point with grave consequences (e.g. flooding, ecosystem collapse from lack of sunlight, or who knows what)