silence7@slrpnk.netM to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.netEnglish · 25 days agoCould spraying sea salt into the clouds cool the planet? An experiment in Alameda, Calif. highlights the controversy surrounding research on altering the environment to cool the planet.wapo.stexternal-linkmessage-square29fedilinkarrow-up160arrow-down14
arrow-up156arrow-down1external-linkCould spraying sea salt into the clouds cool the planet? An experiment in Alameda, Calif. highlights the controversy surrounding research on altering the environment to cool the planet.wapo.stsilence7@slrpnk.netM to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.netEnglish · 25 days agomessage-square29fedilink
minus-squareSteefLem@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down3·25 days agoThings you put in clouds or water will come down to earth
minus-squaresilence7@slrpnk.netOPMlinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down3·edit-225 days agoThey do. And done right, it’ll come down over the ocean, and have a rather minimal impact in the amount of salt being transported to land. There are other reasons this is a really bad idea; this is one where the harm is probably limited.
minus-squareAkasazhlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·25 days ago And done right… See, we don’t have the best track record on that particular aspect of this.
Things you put in clouds or water will come down to earth
They do. And done right, it’ll come down over the ocean, and have a rather minimal impact in the amount of salt being transported to land.
There are other reasons this is a really bad idea; this is one where the harm is probably limited.
See, we don’t have the best track record on that particular aspect of this.